(This story was updated to accurately reflect the most current information.) International Recycling Group Inc. has canceled its plans to develop a $300 million plastics recycling plant in Erie.

has been canceled by Erie-based International Recycling Group Inc. (IRG), according to an Erie Times-News report. Plans for IRG Erie were announced as a PRF project by investors in August 2020. In ...

that had been in the works for four years. International Recycling Group, helmed by CEO Mitch Hecht, said Thursday it was canceling the factory partly because new duties on material and imported m ...

International Recycling Group is canceling its plans to build a plastics recycling facility in Erie, Pennsylvania, citing a range of macroeconomic factors related to the federal government.

Mitch Hecht, the CEO and Founder of International Recycling Group, wasn't worried about the loan with the presidential election looming, but he made the call to cancel the project amid uncertainty ...