A state-of-the-art plastic recycling facility near Watts, Oklahoma is scheduled to be completed by the first quarter of 2010. This was announced recently by Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies, Inc. (AERT), a leading plastic recycler firm based in Springdale, Arkansas.

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Plastic waste into fuel? (Photo: Envion)
If you’ve been following this blog for a while now, you know that plastic recycling is one of the environmental initiatives that we support in this site. That’s why when I came across this news about a company that proposes to convert plastic waste into fuel, I simply couldn’t contain [...]

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Out of sight, out of mind – that’s the Great Pacific Garbage Patch to most of us. But this floating ocean dump covering millions of square miles of the Pacific is no less real than the computer mouse you’re holding right now, reading this article. It’s out there, slowly constricting ocean life, and we all [...]

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This is actually a spin of an article on plastic recycling symbols I’ve published elsewhere,  I just thought it would do some good to post it here. I’ve been noticing that most visitors to this blog are brought here by the search engines after they entered the phrase “plastic recycling symbols.” The information here is [...]

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Expanded polystyrene foam, commonly referred to as styrofoam, is one of the most common materials used in a wide variety of applications – from appliances packaging to take-out food containers to building insulation. Styrofoam recycling is slowly expanding in the US, but at present there is still so much of this material that ends up [...]

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As promised in our initial post on recycling facts, we will be publishing more facts about recycling as we come across the information in the web and elsewhere. Here are some interesting and cutting-edge recycling facts we managed to dig up today. Enjoy.
Recycling Facts – Aluminum

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While doing my homework on polycarbonate plastic and plastic recycling, I came across several online discussions about Bisphenol A or BPA. There has been a lot of concern about this chemical in recent years due to the adverse findings of scientists about it and the “controversy” raging on in the scientific community about Bisphenol A’s harmful effects on [...]

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Recycling facts are often presented to provide accurate information about recycling and to encourage people to take action. Looking at these recycling statistics, we know that our individual act is contributing to the entire effort to recycle, conserve resources, and clean up the environment.
Conversely, recycling facts also serve to correct some people’s misconception about recycling. For example, some [...]

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Pacific Grove, California, the city in Monterrey County famous for its breathtaking sceneries and for a renowned literary great who lived there, has joined the ranks of other US cities in banning polystyrene used in the restaurant and food packaging services in the city.

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