Mr. Gebelhoff summed up the problems with plastic recycling succinctly and well. His summary for plastic recycling calling out a product like Solo Cups is a great example of Corporate IRRESPONSIBILITY. Solo Cups are made of Polystyrene and thus, for all intents and purposes, not recyclable. His summary chart, and the line that follows is […]
Two articles on recycling…one from the Wall Street Journal and the second from NJ Spotlight show the problems with companies that claim to essentially make all things get recycled. The articles focus on Terracycle and a lawsuit that found labeling saying that everyone could get zero waste boxes everywhere. In fact, there are strict geographic […]
As reported in the Guardian, more than 80% of plastic water bottles are thrown in the garbage in the United States. That despite the fact that the bottles are easily recyclable in most curbside programs. The report notes that this is the equivalent of 1500 bottles per second… As you have read here, plastic water […]
The attached opinion on removing the mobius strip from plastic is right on point. People are confused and rightly so. Recycling coordinators are frustrated. MRF operators are exasperated and the market is flooded with plastic that amounts to garbage. It is time to follow the Oregon example on a national scale and put a truth […]
Bloomberg recently reported that at least 60 chemical companies are “racing” to recycle plastics by essentially using chemistry to return them back to their original chemical components. If this is successful, it would allow plastic to be recycled in a way that is not dependent on the resin from which it is formed. The article […]