EMR pushes back against closure of Camden's recycling facility after fire

The CEO of EMR Advanced Recycling is pushing back against efforts to close its Camden, New Jersey, facility after a fire there last week intensified calls from officials to shut it down. On June 2, EMR’s CEO Joe Balzano sent a letter to Camden Mayor Victor Carstarphen to address some of the concerns that were expressed by city officials following the facility’s most recent blaze on Friday, May 29. “We recognize that fire incidents at industrial facilities understandably d...