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dreamshark) wrote2023-06-03 11:06 am
dreamshark) wrote2023-06-03 11:06 am
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Good news for people who worry about plastic use
Wow, great article in the Strib about plastic film recycling in Minnesota! Here's the link, which you may or may not be able to follow if you are not a subscriber.
tldr; Those plastic bags that you drop off at grocery stores really DO get recycled in Minnesota, mostly ending up at Trex, a company that manufactures decking material. But this is actually downcycling (one-time reuse) rather than true recycling which is an endless loop of reuse. It's a pretty durable form of downcycling, but eventually even composite decking gets scrapped. HOWEVER... a plastic film recycling plant will be opening this summer in Rogers, MN, that will be part of a true recycling chain, ending up at a facility in Wisconsin that produces new food-grade plastic film!
tldr; Those plastic bags that you drop off at grocery stores really DO get recycled in Minnesota, mostly ending up at Trex, a company that manufactures decking material. But this is actually downcycling (one-time reuse) rather than true recycling which is an endless loop of reuse. It's a pretty durable form of downcycling, but eventually even composite decking gets scrapped. HOWEVER... a plastic film recycling plant will be opening this summer in Rogers, MN, that will be part of a true recycling chain, ending up at a facility in Wisconsin that produces new food-grade plastic film!