That plant, which was to built on 25 acres of the former Hammermill Paper Co. site, was the recipient of a combined $9 million investment from Erie Insurance and the Erie-based Plastek Group.

International Recycling Group (IRG) canceled plans for a large plastics recycling facility in Erie, Pennsylvania, citing financial challenges. The company faced a hold on funding from the ...

International Recycling Group has canceled its plans to build a plastics recycling plant in Erie, citing the financial uncertainty brought on by federal funding cuts among other reasons. International ...

IRG cites Trump tariffs and the hold-up of a federal loan guarantee as reasons for canceling plans for a plastics recycling ...

International Recycling Group says federal funding cuts and economic uncertainty forced them to pull the project.

International Recycling Group (IRG) has announced that they will cancel a planned plastic waste processing facility in Erie, ...

International Recycling Group was first drawn to Erie by reports about Opportunity Zone investing by Erie Insurance.

The company had planned to recycle 160,000 tons of plastic waste a year and turn about 20,000 tons of it into a new product ...