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The Process of Recycling Plastic
from:Plastics are a great convenient commodity in today’s society, however the process of recycling these items is somehow less than convenient, especially when compared against the process of recycling other items, such as paper and glass. While some plastic products are around because they’re created from recycling plastic that has already had a use, most plastic is made new due to the complexity of creating recycled plastics. Recycling plastic is a great idea that helps the environment by keeping plastic out of landfills, however the process needs to be more focused on to continue to make
Whenever a new plastic item is created, it is marked usually - on its underside - by chasing arrows. Some mistake these errors for a recycling symbol and think that this means that the product has been recycled. Every plastic style bottle and container however has a symbol like this. Within the circle there is a number, one through seven, and this number is used to identify the particular type of plastic it is made out of. Each different type of plastic has a different property, and different common uses. When recycling plastic, these numbers are used to separate the different types of plastic.
Once the plastics are separated into the seven different groups, they are heated to extreme temperatures to melt them down to be formed into something new. The reason for separating these plastic items has to do with the heating process. Plastics with different numbers donating them often do not mix well when they’ve been melted down. When two different plastics are melted together, they often have a oil and water effect. Plastic number seven is polycarbonate. This plastic is one of the most common and is used in beverage bottles, baby bottles, and the casings of electronics, while plastic number six, polystyrene is a completely different type of material, making up such things as egg cartons and packaging peanuts. These are all things to keep in mind when recycling plastic!
Plastic bags are one type of plastic that needs to be recycled whenever possible. These bags are created by the millions because of their efficiency and cheap nature, however left alone, are not at all biodegradable. In fact, when left alone, plastic bags break down into smaller and smaller toxic pieces that contaminate soil and drinking water. They also effect the environment by being commonly found polluting the oceans. Each year thousands of sea animals die from trying to ingest plastic bags that are found floating in the ocean. When cleanup projects are done around costal areas, plastic bags are one of the most commonly found items.
Recycling plastic can be tricky, but also quite beneficial, as it eliminates the excessive plastic in the landfills. The benefits of plastic cannot be argued nor replaced in the foreseeable future, so it is best to learn how to go about making more plastic items through plastic recycling instead forcing the creation of new plastics.
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SDK Group Recycles Six Million Aluminum Cans in FY2011 - MarketWatch (press release)
SDK Group Recycles Six Million Aluminum Cans in FY2011 MarketWatch (press release) Tokyo, May 22, 2012 (JCN Newswire via COMTEX) -- Showa Denko KK (SDK) and its Group companies continued to perform their aluminum can recycling activities in fiscal 2011 (April 2011 - March 2012), collecting approximately 6 million cans: equivalent to ... |
CMI Announces Winners in 2012 National Aluminum Can Recycling Competition - Azom.com
CMI Announces Winners in 2012 National Aluminum Can Recycling Competition Azom.com By Nick Gilbert In a nation-wide recycling competition held by the US can industry for the second year, schools in America recycled over 4.5 million aluminum beverage cans, which is almost double the number of cans recycled last year. |
Novelis Reports Strong Fiscal Year 2012 Results - Sacramento Bee
Novelis Reports Strong Fiscal Year 2012 Results Sacramento Bee Novelis Inc. is the global leader in aluminum rolled products and aluminum can recycling. The Company operates in 11 countries, has approximately 11600 employees and reported revenue of $11 billion in fiscal year 2012. Novelis supplies premium aluminum ... |
Gettysburg Recycles! (Part 2) - Gettysburg Times
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Recycling is Part of Good Government - Lynchburg News and Advance
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Students Nearly Double Number of Cans Recycled in Nation-wide Competition - PR Web (press release)
 PR Web (press release) | Students Nearly Double Number of Cans Recycled in Nation-wide Competition PR Web (press release) By any measure, this year's program was a tremendous success Schools across America recycled more than 4.5 million aluminum beverage cans in the second year of a national recycling competition sponsored by the US can industry—nearly double last year's ... |
Adrian Grenier has a new beer business - Mother Nature Network (blog)
 Mother Nature Network (blog) | Adrian Grenier has a new beer business Mother Nature Network (blog) Naturally, with Grenier's green background, Churchkey Can Co. is focused on making their product as sustainable as possible. According to the site, steel cans have a much higher recycling rate (64 percent in 2008 vs. 54 percent aluminum beverage cans) ... |
North Jacksonville recycling plant will handle 25 tons of trash an hour - Florida Times-Union
North Jacksonville recycling plant will handle 25 tons of trash an hour Florida Times-Union The milk jugs go to Alabama, the newspapers to Georgia, the aluminum to Tennessee and the tin cans to Pittsburgh. The cardboard stays closer to home, going to the RockTenn plant in Fernandina Beach. As far as residential garbage and recycling pickup, ... Republic Services Investing Nearly $19 Million to Revolutionize Two St. Louis ... |