Status as of February 2009 A May 2003 article in Discover magazine stated, "Appel has lined up federal grant money to help build demonstration plants to process chicken offal and manure in Alabama and crop residuals and grease in Nevada. Also in the works are plants to process turkey waste and manure in Colorado and pork and cheese waste in Italy. He says the first generation of depolymerization centers will be up and running in 2005. By then it should be clear whether the technology is as miraculous as its backers claim."

However, as of August 2008, the only operational plant listed at the company's website is the initial one in Carthage, Missouri.

Changing World Technology applied for an IPO on 12 Aug 2008, hoping to raise $100 million.

The unusual Dutch Auction type IPO failed possibly because CWT has lost nearly $20 million with very little revenue.

CWT, the parent company of Renewable Energy Solutions, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. No details on plans for the Carthage plant have been released.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_depolymerization