ROHNERT PARK, Calif. - Residents in Rohnert Park sounded off Wednesday night on a new recycling facility in town. The plant, which melts plastic into oil, could be up and running in a matter of weeks, and some neighbors are concerned about the environmental impact.

"The concern is we're a test city, like a guinea pig," said Susan, a Rohnert Park resident.

Resynergi hosts open house

A large crowd showed up to an open house Wednesday at Resynergi's first-of-its-kind plastic processing plant in SOMO Village. The company is awaiting approval of an air quality permit so they can use the facility for a process called microwave-assisted pyrolysis--in which old plastic is heated up into a gas using microwave energy, then cooled back down into an oil, which can be used to make new plastic item

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