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Reducing Plastic Demand vs Recycling
We ran across a fascinating article published by CNET in early December, 2022. Author Erin Carson took no prisoners, putting forth a shocking idea in her title. Her title read, “Plastics Recycling Misses the Point. Here’s What We Can Try Next”. Being in the commercial plastic recycling business, Carson’s premise is not surprising to us.…
Read More5 Steps to Successfully Recycling Your Industrial Scrap Plastic
Does your company produce industrial scrap plastic in Tennessee, Arkansas, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, or Ohio? If so, you might be able to recycle it by selling it to us. We buy a variety of industrial plastics and transform them into a product known as regrind. We then sell the regrind to manufacturers. Your industrial…
Read MoreA New Perspective on the Greenpeace Report
Greenpeace USA published a buzz-generating report in late October 2022 declaring, in no uncertain terms, that plastic recycling doesn’t work. It cannot work. At least that is the main thrust of the report. However, we feel a bit of perspective is required. The conclusions reached in the report do not apply to what we do…
Read MoreThere Is More to Plastic Than Just Food Packaging
We used the occasion of a previous blog post to add a little bit of perspective to a recent Greenpeace USA report detailing the failures of consumer plastics recycling. We later discovered that a single post wasn’t enough to express all our thoughts. Consider this post a follow-up. After reading what Greenpeace USA had to…
Read MoreIn Times of Recession, Every Dollar Helps the Bottom Line
It’s looking more and more like America is headed for recession in 2023. Some say we are already there. While the disagreement may be mere semantics, one thing many businesses learned the last time around is that every dollar helps. Some of those businesses sold us their scrap plastic. Recession’s negative consequences tend to be…
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