"Our mission is to solve plastic pollution," said Jeremy DeBenedictis, president of Alterra Energy, which runs the largest plastic recycling plant in the U.S., in Akron, Ohio. "That is not just a tagline. We all truly want to solve plastic pollution." Alterra turns about 75% of its plastic waste into a synthetic oil solution that can be shipped to petrochemical plants to make new plastic products, while 15% is transformed into fuel to run the process. DeBenedictis said he's licensing Alterra's technology because that's the "best way to make the quickest impact to the world."