Plastics - everywhere

Key word - trying

Had no idea - learned something today
PVC, which is often used to make pipes and other materials, breaks down into toxic chlorine-containing components and cannot be recycled.
 
jpd said:
Key word - trying

Had no idea - learned something today
PVC, which is often used to make pipes and other materials, breaks down into toxic chlorine-containing components and cannot be recycled.
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it's also appearing in our food chain - it's consumed by fish & ocean mammals & consequently being ingested by humans

I recycle nearly EVERY piece of plastic that I am disposing of - not just the large stuff. All those blister type packaging. I strip the paper off of it first. Plastic film (think shopping bags, the packages that so many things come in, freezer bags, produce bags all of it, the bags bread, english muffins, etc come in). That type of stuff can be deposited in those bins outside of most supermarkets).

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
 
It is not profitable to recycle plastic. Until there is a real cheap method companies would rather just make more. It's cheap and easy to make.

wader said:
it's also appearing in our food chain - it's consumed by fish & ocean mammals & consequently being ingested by humans

I recycle nearly EVERY piece of plastic that I am disposing of - not just the large stuff.
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This also doesn't help. Not all plastic can be recycled. So now the plant has to hire people to physically remove whatever doesn't get recycled. Increasing costs.
 
Makes me wonder if the skyrocketing rates of autism and Alzheimer's have any connection.

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drinking water too.. . keeping the green front lawns green wit extra fertilizer…
oh yeah, Breast Cancers too… C22…
 
wader said:
I recycle nearly EVERY piece of plastic that I am disposing
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Good effort, but very few plastics that are collected for recycling actually get recycled. China has stopped taking everything except #2, and they only take them on occasion.

It's "SOP" for many garbage removal companies is to take the plastics from the recycle bins and toss them in with the rest of the garbage.

Another interesting head scratching moment at our local dump is the sign that says, "No Longer Taking Brown Bottles for Recycling. Toss them in the trash!"
 
Roccus7 said:
Good effort, but very few plastics that are collected for recycling actually get recycled. China has stopped taking everything except #2, and they only take them on occasion.

It's "SOP" for many garbage removal companies is to take the plastics from the recycle bins and toss them in with the rest of the garbage.

Another interesting head scratching moment at our local dump is the sign that says, "No Longer Taking Brown Bottles for Recycling. Toss them in the trash!"
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I'm doing my part - if others want to defeat that there's really nothing I can do - that is their decision - at least I tried & will continue to do so...............
 
wader said:
I'm doing my part - if others want to defeat that there's really nothing I can do - that is their decision - at least I tried & will continue to do so...............
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But you are not doing your part. Find out what plastics can be recycled and which ones can't. The ones that can't unfortunately should be thrown in regular trash.

Pretty sure all those plastic blister packs that are impossible to open are not recyclable .
 
Dx life Rx fishing said:
But you are not doing your part. Find out what plastics can be recycled and which ones can't. The ones that can't unfortunately should be thrown in regular trash.

Pretty sure all those plastic blister packs that are impossible to open are not recyclable .
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The focal point of a blister pack's various materials is a piece of thermoformed plastic (such as PVC, PET, PETG, etc.). A backing substrate (most commonly made from blister-board) is attached to the backside of the thermoformed plastic container

All of which are recyclable..................
 
wader said:
All of which are recyclable..................
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Yes, they may be recycled, but few, if any plastic right now is being recycled. China used to be the major recycling center, but they stopped taking most plastics like 3 years ago.

If go through the motions makes you feel better, that's fine, but please don't believe they're being recycled...

From National Geographic:

Only about six percent of the plastic—everything from plastic bottles to IV drips—produced in the U.S. in 2021 was recycled, according to a Greenpeace report. Some plastic items are designed in ways that make them difficult to recycle or recyclers struggle to find people who want to buy recycled material.
 
Roccus7 said:
Yes, they may be recycled, but few, if any plastic right now is being recycled. China used to be the major recycling center, but they stopped taking most plastics like 3 years ago.

If go through the motions makes you feel better, that's fine, but please don't believe they're being recycled...

From National Geographic:

Only about six percent of the plastic—everything from plastic bottles to IV drips—produced in the U.S. in 2021 was recycled, according to a Greenpeace report. Some plastic items are designed in ways that make them difficult to recycle or recyclers struggle to find people who want to buy recycled material.
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And that's 6% that does end up in the enviorment - it's better then 0%

as I've said already - I'll do what I can if others want to abort it - that is beyond my control..........
 
I HATE PLASTIC FORKS, SPOONS and KNIVES… hate em’…

these are getting discarded today, perhaps to the maintenance lunch room… bet they have a couple of hundred in the fridge… cellie…
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