Plastic Waste
Scrap Plastic and Managing Commercial Waste
Waste is an unavoidable part of life. Humans generate waste in everything we do. Therefore, we also need to manage that waste. Doing so is difficult enough at home. But in a commercial setting, waste management can be nothing short of daunting. The good news is that it can be done effectively with the right…
Read MoreAmazon Announces Plans to Ditch Its Plastic Mailers
As the world’s leading online retail site, Amazon is also one of the world’s biggest consumers of single-use plastics. They’ve made strides to reduce the amount of plastic they use, and recently announced plans to ditch their familiar blue and white mailers should boost those efforts considerably. The chances are pretty good that you have…
Read MoreHow Long Does It Take Plastic to Break Down in a Landfill
We are 100% in favor of recycling as much plastic waste as possible. Still, it is not unusual for our team members to cringe at some of the things recycling proponents present as fact. A good example can be found in the many different estimates of how long it takes plastic to break down in…
Read More3 Things That Would Put Plastic Recycling on Par with Paper
Here at Seraphim Plastics, we are extremely proud of the fact that we recycle large volumes of industrial plastic waste every year. We are not alone. Other industrial plastic recycling outfits across the country do the same thing. And still, the vast majority of plastic we use in this country doesn’t get recycled. Contrast that…
Read MorePre-Consumer vs Post-Industrial Plastic Waste: Are They the Same Thing?
Operators in the recycling industry use a variety of terms to classify different types of plastics. For example, we might talk about pre-consumer and post-industrial waste as a means of distinguishing between two types of plastic waste. Outside of our industry, these two classification terms are often used interchangeably despite being distinctly different. In…
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