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>>GERRY: HELLO AND WELCOME TO
INSIDE INDIANA BUSINESS.
I'M GERRY DICK.
A SAN FRANCISCO-BASED

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PLASTICS-TO-FUEL RECYCLING
COMPANY IS BUILDING A
FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND PLANT IN
NORTHEAST INDIANA IN THE TINY

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TOWN OF ASHLEY.
THIS $260 MILLION INVESTMENT
WILL USE NEXT GENERATION
RECYCLING TECHNOLOGY TO DIVERT

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MORE THAN 100,000 POUNDS OF
PLASTIC WASTE, THAT'S MORE
PLASTIC THAN THE WEIGHT OF SEVEN
BROOKLYN BRIDGES, DIVERT THAT

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WASTE FROM LANDFILLS AND TURN IT
INTO LOW-SULPHUR DIESEL FUEL AND
WAX.
BRIGHTMARK ENERGY CEO BOB POWELL

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IS HERE WITH MORE ON THE
INVESTMENT, JOBS AND WHAT HE
SAYS COULD BE PART OF THE
SOLUTION TO THE WORLD'S PLASTIC

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POLLUTION CRISIS.
WELCOME!
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
HAVING ME.

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>> WE WILL TALK OBVIOUSLY ABOUT
THIS OPERATION, BUT BRIGHT MARK
ENERGY YOU ARE THE CEO, ONE OF
THE FOUNDERS AND A NEW COMPANY,

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GIVE US A THUMBNAIL OF THE MODEL
OF BITE MARK.
>> WHAT WE DO IS WE FOCUS IN ON
THINGS THAT WE ALL USE AND WE

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THROW AWAY AND DON'T HAVE A
REUSABLE OPTION CURRENTLY.
SO EXAMPLES WOULD BE THE
PLASTICS WE ARE TAKING UP AND

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ACTUALLY AND SOME OF THE THINGS
YOU SEE HERE, TOOTHBRUSH IS
CURRENTLY NOT RECYCLED.
CAN YOU IMAGINE GOING TO THE

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HOSPITAL WITHOUT THE USE OF AN
IV.
NOT RECYCLED CURRENTLY AND
THINGS LIKE STYROFOAM CUPS

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REALLY NOT RECYCLED AS WELL SO
WE TAKE THOSE AND CREATE
REUSABLE PRODUCTS OUT OF THOSE.
AND REALLY FIRST TIME EVER

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COMMERCIAL SCALE PROCESS WE'VE
DEVELOPED.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT
$260 MILLION INVESTMENT, HUGE

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AND THE COUNTY, THE FIRST
COMMERCIAL SCALES THAT PLASTICS
FUEL PLANT TENETS FIELD BY YOUR
TECHNOLOGY.

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>> THAT'S RIGHT.
THE TECHNOLOGY ITSELF HAS BEEN
UNDER DEVELOPMENT ACTUALLY FOR
14 YEARS AND IT IS UNIQUE

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BECAUSE AS I SAID BEFORE THERE
ARE A LOT OF PLASTICS WE
CURRENTLY CANNOT REUSE THAT WE
ARE NOW ABLE TO PUT INTO A

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FACILITY AND CREATE USEFUL
PRODUCTS OUT OF AND ASHLEY IS
THE FIRST OF ITS KIND SO THAT'S
VERY EXCITING.

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>> LET'S TALK WHY YOU SELECTED
ASHLEY BECAUSE AGAIN I KNOW YOU
LOOKED AT A NUMBER OF LOCATIONS
FOR THIS FIRST OF ITS KIND

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PLANT.
ASHLEY IN INDIANA CAME OUT THE
WINNER.
WHY?

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>> STEUBEN COUNTY AS WELL
BECAUSE OF THE BUSINESS
ENVIRONMENT.
WHEN YOU LOCATE A PROJECT THAT

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IS THIS LARGE HAVING A COMMUNITY
BEHIND YOU IS EXTREMELY
IMPORTANT SO THE BUSINESS
ENVIRONMENT IN ASHLEY, AND FOR

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THE STATE OF INDIANA WAS REALLY
THE DECIDING FACTOR FOR US.
>> BIG INVESTMENT $260 MILLION
IN A LARGE NUMBER OF JOBS

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STARTING OUT WITH MORE THAN 130
JOBS.
>> THAT IS RIGHT SO AS WE
COMPLETE THE FIRST PHASE OF THE

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PROJECT WE WILL EMPLOY OVER 130
JOBS IN AND AROUND THE
COMMUNITY.
>> A LOT OF THE PLASTICS WILL BE

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SOURCED HERE IN INDIANA
PARTICULARLY IN INDIANAPOLIS, SO
TALK WHERE YOU GET THE PRODUCT
FROM.

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>> ABSOLUTELY.
INDIANAPOLIS WILL BE ONE OF THE
LARGER SOURCES OF OUR PLASTICS
SO AS WE THROW AWAY IN OUR

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GARBAGE CANS OR BUSINESSES DO
THE PLASTICS WE WILL ACTUALLY
TAKE FROM THE WASTE MANAGEMENT
COMPANIES AND SOME AGGREGATORS

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THOSE SAME PLASTIC WASTE THAT WE
SHIP TO THE FACILITIES TO BE
PROCESSED INTO SOMETHING USABLE
SO WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE

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INDIANAPOLIS IS A GREAT SOURCE
OF THESE PRODUCTS.
>> TALK ABOUT I KNOW THE PLANT
IS SCHEDULED TO COME ONLINE AT

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THE END OF NEXT YEAR, BUT AS YOU
LOOK AT THE POTENTIAL AND THE
POTENTIAL FOR GROWTH BEYOND THIS
INITIAL INVESTMENT AND INITIAL

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130 PLUS JOBS WHAT'S THAT
POTENTIAL?
>> A FEW THINGS THAT ARE
IMPORTANT FROM A POTENTIAL

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PERSPECTIVE, ACTUALLY AT THE
SITE AS WE COMPLETED, WE SEE
THAT SITE TO INCREASE EITHER 4-8
TIMES.

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SO THAT IS ONE.
THE OTHER IMPACT THAT I THINK
IT'S GOOD FOR INDIANA AS WELL IS
THIS IS A GLOBAL PROBLEM AND

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WITH A GLOBAL PROBLEM COMES THE
NEED TO DO THIS GLOBALLY.
BUT THIS IS THE FIRST SITE SO WE
WOULD EXPECT BEYOND THE PURE

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EXPANSION WE WANT TO SHOW THE
REST OF THE WORLD THIS CAN BE
DONE, WE CAN HELP SOLVE THE
PLASTICS PROBLEM AND BRING THEM

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HERE TO INDIANA TO ASHLEY TO
SHOW THIS IS THE SHOWCASE, THIS
IS HOW IT WORKS.
I THINK IT IS GOOD FROM THAT

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PERSPECTIVE FROM A GROWTH
PERSPECTIVE AS WELL.
>> BOB POWELL OF THE CEO OF
BRIGHTMARK ENERGY, A MAJOR NEW

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PLANT UNDER CONSTRUCTION.