On June 28, 2024, the Northwest Times of Indiana reported that Fulcrum Centerpoint’s plans for a plastics-to-fuels plant in Gary, Indiana, have been cancelled. The company failed to close on a deal to acquire city-owned property for the facility.

The plant would have converted municipal solid waste into “low-carbon” diesel and jet fuel, with promised of 160 jobs and $600 million in investment. However, parent company Fulcrum BioEnergy is on the verge of bankruptcy and in May laid nearly all its staff of 100. Its Sierra BioFuels Plant in Storey County, Nevada, shut down in mid-May.

Community groups in Gary opposed the project due to its potential to release cancer-causing chemicals and proposed location near environmental justice communities.