Madison County -- Media Video Clip:
12 million tons of Agricultural plastic per year:
"Our ultimate goal is to try to lure the company, JBI, to set up an operation at our agricultural renewable energy park at the landfill site and hopefully, that will open it up to the entire region to help solve this problem," said Jim Zecca, the Director of the Madison County of Solid Waste and Sanitation Department.
How long before other communities in other states offer grants and/or no-interest loans to JBII to come set up shop?
Think of the local benefits:
(1) Help the local economy by helping farmers and businesses save on disposal costs.
(2) Help the local environment.
(3) Help the local economy by creating green, self-sustaining local jobs.
(4) Help governments by increased number of tax-payers (property taxes of the P2O cluster for example).