The short answer is, yes. No, they will not cause the sun to fall out of the sky, but when it comes to making recycling difficult and causing a massive amount of litter, plastic bags are an environmental disaster. For starters, the 100 billion or so plastic bags that were consumed in North America in [...]
Plastic Recycling
There has been a great deal of bad press lately about whether or not recycled plastics actually make it into the recycled waste stream. Whenever a batch of plastics become hopelessly contaminated with dirty or off-type plastics, it will end up in a landfill rather than being reborn as a recycled product. That said, more [...]
There has been much talk about the use of corn and other bio-materials as a way to use fewer non-recyclable and non-compostable resources to meet the needs of industries such as shipping and food containers. However, there are several reasons why this might not be such a good idea. Consider the true energy cost in [...]
No doubt you’ve seen them on the bottom or top of plastic containers the little numbers contained in a triangular, three-arrowed recycling symbol. These plastic numbers are a simple code that tells you what sort of plastic you’re dealing with, just in case you don’t have a degree in organic chemistry. They were adopted in [...]
When it comes to recycling plastic bags the conflicting information you might find is enough to have you preferring the bags just end up in a landfill. Before you give up hope, with the right steps and by asking the right people the right questions; you can end up taking part in plastic bag recycling [...]
Its funny how the idea of recycling is thought to be so new. Its comes as a surprise to many people that reusing things and making them into new and useful goods has been around for longer than the last 40 years or so. In generations past, it was common practice to use chalkboards to [...]
Many people unfortunately feel that one person and their recycling habits simply cant make a difference in the overall health of the environment. This couldnt be less true. Obviously, the more people that get into recycling, the better, but every effort, no matter how small, has a positive impact on the world around us. All [...]
There are certain advantages to living in certain areas over others. This is simply a matter of fact. When it comes to the opportunities for recycling, some areas and regions of the U.S. are better than others. It doesn’t matter if you are looking for plastic recycling in Connecticut or paper recycling in Alaska, there [...]
It seems like you can choose to lease just about anything you might find a use for. The option of leasing homes, cars, and business locations has been in practice for quite some time. On a more specific front, business machinery also has been leased for the right price. Even in the recycling industry, business [...]
In recent history, there has been a lot of attention paid the numbers found on plastic items of all kinds. Those numbers are in place for recycling purposes. Just like there are all kinds of plastic products in the world, there are almost as many different types of plastics. In order to be able to [...]
