Plastics are made of various chemical combinations. To remove some of the headaches of sorting plastics for recycling, a method was invented that sorts them by weight. The process is called Sink Float. An entire water bottle, for example, is ground into small flakes in a vat of water. The caps are made of a […]
There’s a popular comedy show skit about a couple at a restaurant who won’t order the chicken until they know everything about it: its name (Colin), where its diet was sourced, where it lived and whether it had been happy. They even visit the farm to see for themselves before they will order. Such concern […]
What happens when a #7 gets mixed up with a batch of #1 or #2 recyclables? It contaminates the whole batch. Plastics may start with the same basic ingredient of crude oil, but they become bound differently with the addition of polymer combinations that make a plastic girder feel and act differently from stretch pants. […]