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Date: Thu, 20 Feb 97 11:42 WET From: FRIEDMAN.FRED@EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV (Fred Friedman) Subject: Re: PETE plastic bottles recycling Road material? (Eden Mercer)
Feb 20/97
Dear Eden Mercer,
I doubt that PETE plastic could be used in road building in a hot climate. The problem that you pose is probably that you need ultra-low technology possibilities. If you just have the technology to creat plastic flake, this can be profitably sold to a recycler for a multiplicity of remanufacturing uses.
But to recycle it without equipment is a difficult problem. There are uses for many things: traffic cones, a plastic particle board, plastic lumber, uses in textile manufacturing, but all of these require a good deal of technology.
I would ask your question to one of the following industry associations (and I d be interested in their responses):
Plastics Recycling Foundation, 1275 K St, NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC 20005
Plastics Institute of America, Stevens Institute of Technology, Castle Point Station, Hoboken, NJ 07030
and the following consumer organizations:
National Recycling Coation, 1101 39th St, NW, Washington, DC 20007
National Solid Waste Management Assn., 1730 Rhode Island Ave, NW, Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20036
Good luck.
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