Plastics pyrolysis is not a science experiment. The chemistry, cracking mixed plastic waste into an oil that can re-enter the petrochemical chain, works in any competent lab. The reason advanced-recycling plants keep destroying capital is that running one at scale, on real-world feedstock, every day, is a different problem entirely. The IRR lives or dies there. A 100,000-Tonne Plant That Recycled 2,000 Brightmark’s Ashley, Indiana facility is the case study every circular-eco

When the IRA expanded 45Q to $180 a tonne, Direct Air Capture looked underwritten by Washington. By 2026 the picture is more selective, and that gap is precisely the opening Direct Ocean Capture walks into. Beyond Subsidies: Why the DAC Setback Opens a Door for Direct Ocean Capture The One Big Beautiful Bill Act left the 45Q credit itself intact. What it did not protect was the federal grant money behind the flagship DAC hubs, which has been frozen or pulled back. That distin

The renewable-diesel gold rush ended in 2025, and it ended the way booms usually do: with overbuilt capacity, collapsing credit prices and idled plants. For most of the market that is a cautionary tale. For a disciplined operator it is an inventory. The 2024-25 shakeout created a stock of modern, distressed biofuel assets whose sunk capital can be reactivated at a fraction of greenfield cost, and the firms already converting them into SAF and renewable-diesel champions are no