What resources are available to help increase sustainable recycling?
Through organizations such as the Plastics Division of the American Chemistry Council, the plastics industry continues to develop technologies to collect, sort and reclaim plastics more economically. The Plastics Division also focuses on durable products and commercial streams, researching new applications and end-markets for recycled plastics, and promoting existing markets through publications such as The Recycled Plastic Products Directory. The Plastics Division offers the following services and resources: Technical Research Programs — The state of the art in plastics recycling is constantly evolving. The Plastics Division works to hasten this evolution, pursuing a wide range of technical solutions that can add greater automation and operating efficiency to each step of the plastics recycling infrastructure, from collection to end-markets. The findings from these research programs have resulted in a series of technical manuals to help advance plastics recycling across the country.
Through organizations such as APC, the plastics industry is developing technologies to collect, sort and reclaim plastics more economically, broadening its focus to include durable products and commercial streams, researching new applications and end-markets for recycled plastics, and promoting existing markets through publications such as “The Recycled Plastic Products Source Book” and “Shop Recycled!” The American Plastics Council offers the following services and resources: Toll-Free Information Line — Community officials and recyclers can get the technical information they need by calling 1-800-2-HELP-90. Information Specialists can access APC’s databases listing more than 1,700 plastics handlers and reclaimers to match supply with demand for post-consumer plastics. Technical Research Programs — The state of the art in plastics recycling is constantly evolving. APC works to hasten this evolution, pursuing a wide range of technical solutions that can add greater automation and ope
