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Recycling Non-Household Plastics Can Be Financially Viable
There is an ongoing debate over whether the world should continue attempting to recycle post-consumer plastics. As the thinking goes, post-consumer plastic recycling has been a colossal failure to date, and continuing to do it doesn’t make sense. The better choice is to ban plastic altogether. But is it? A new economic viability study out…
Read MoreGlass Doesn’t Always Beat Industrial Plastic
The perceived plastic problem, whether real or not, is one of the hottest sustainability topics of the day. People are so concerned about consumer and industrial plastic pollution they are willing to look at any material that might replace it. Glass is often touted as the best option. But if you dig deeply enough to…
Read MoreCanadian Foundation Recycles Plastic Waste
Regular readers of our blog posts know that Seraphim Plastics specializes in recycling commercial plastic waste. We buy commercial and industrial plastic scrap and convert it into a material that manufacturers can add to virgin plastic for making new products. We are pleased to learn of a Canadian foundation that does much the same thing.…
Read MoreReducing 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 MoreWhy Industrial Plastics Don’t Always Have Numbers on Them
A brief inspection of the consumer plastics in your home would reveal pieces with numbers and recycling symbols on them. The recycling symbol looks like a set of arrows arranged in a triangle. In the center of the triangle is a single-digit number. Did you know that the symbols and numbers are rarely found on…
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