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Elcon withdraws application for large hazardous wastewater plant in Bucks County

Elcon Recycling Services will withdraw an application to build a large facility in Fairless Hills that would have processed up to 210,000 tons of liquid chemical waste annually for recycling.

In a 2019 photo, Eileen Reed (standing) of Newtown celebrates the vote of the Falls Township Board of Supervisors against Elcon Recycling, a chemical wastewater processing plant proposed for Fairless Hills. For almost five years, Bucks County residents have banded together to protest the plant, which, if approved, would be owned and run by an Israel-based company.
In a 2019 photo, Eileen Reed (standing) of Newtown celebrates the vote of the Falls Township Board of Supervisors against Elcon Recycling, a chemical wastewater processing plant proposed for Fairless Hills. For almost five years, Bucks County residents have banded together to protest the plant, which, if approved, would be owned and run by an Israel-based company.Read moreTOM GRALISH / Staff Photographer