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You spoke up and stopped the pollution! Now let's finish the job and make sure Freepoint cleans up the right way. Join your neighbors to talk about local jobs, updates, and next steps.
6:30-8 PM Licking County Public Library, Lakewood Branch
Public comments on the BLM’s latest Wayne National Forest proposal close June 17.
Join us June 16 for a NEPA 101 + public comment workshop. Learn the history of the fight to protect the Wayne, explore our interactive map, and draft comments before the deadline.
RSVP: bit.ly/wnf-zoom
Webinar tomorrow at noon ET!
This deserves more coverage.
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Public comments on the BLM's draft Determination of NEPA Adequacy for Wayne National Forest close June 17.
Join us June 16 at noon ET for a NEPA 101 + Public Comment Drafting Workshop.
RSVP: bit.ly/wnf-zoom
“Freepoint’s Hebron plastic incinerator was an environmental health disaster that exemplified the reality of the so-called 'chemical recycling' industry,” BEN organizer Cat Adams said in a news release.
On Monday, BEN's Bev Reed and Dee Arnold of Washington County for Safe Drinking Water spoke to the Little Hocking Water Board about oil and gas waste injection wells. The drinking water source for 5,000+ homes sits less than a mile from an overpressurized well. DM us to learn more.
VICTORY! Freepoint shuts down after community pressure!! Read the full story below.
This is what happens when communities FIGHT BACK!
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Freepoint’s Hebron facility has polluted local communities for over a year while claiming to “recycle” plastic. Now OEPA says it’s actually a plastic incinerator that was misregulated. Sign the petition to shut Freepoint down: act.earthworks.org/page/98535/a...
Chavez co-chairs the panel despite an unresolved ethics complaint alleging he hid energy sector stakes while advancing related legislation as Senate Energy Committee chair.
Freepoint Eco-Systems informed the Ohio EPA that it suspended recycling operations at its Hebron plant, which had been found noncompliant multiple times.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE // June 2, 2026 Contact: Cat Adams, [email protected] Hebron, Licking County, OH — On May 28, Freepoint Eco-Systems notified the Ohio EPA and Freepoint employees that it woul...
OEPA must shut down Freepoint until this waste incinerator goes through the process to obtain the right permit and proves it can operate safely and legally!
Facing enforcement from state regulators, Ohio plastics incinerator will close
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Oil and Gas Watch
Public comments on the BLM’s latest Wayne National Forest proposal close June 17.
Join us June 16 for a NEPA 101 + public comment workshop. Learn the history of the fight to protect the Wayne, explore our interactive map, and draft comments before the deadline.
RSVP: bit.ly/wnf-zoom
