APC launches film recovery resource.As part of its ongoing plastics recycling recycling, the process of recovering and reusing waste products—from household use, manufacturing, agriculture, and business—and thereby reducing their burden on the environment. and market development activities, the American Plastics Council The American Plastics Council (APC) is a major trade association for the U.S. plastics industry. Through a variety of outreach efforts, APC works to promote the benefits of plastics and the plastics industry. (APC (1) (American Power Conversion Corporation, West Kingston, RI, www.apcc.com) The leading manufacturer of UPS systems and surge suppressors, founded in 1981 by Rodger Dowdell, Neil Rasmussen and Emanual Landsman, three electronic power engineers who had worked at MIT. )--a part of the American Chemistry Council--has launched www.Plastic BagRecycling.org, the most comprehensive online resource for plastic bag and film recovery in California. The site is designed to further increase the recycling of plastic shopping and retail bags and clean plastic film, such as commercial stretch wrap and shrink-wrap. Developed in conjunction with Moore Recycling Associates of Sonoma, Calif., the interactive Web site educates consumers, businesses and public agency employees about local film recycling opportunities. Consumers can access the Web site to generate a list of grocery stores, recycling centers and transfer stations locally that are willing to accept plastic materials from the public. The Web site also includes a film identification section to help users determine acceptable material for their local drop-off locations. Commercial users are able to access a number of sections of the Web site designed to assist them in developing a film recovery program. The various sections include information on markets, film identification, equipment, a calculator tool for determining the economics of recovery, clip art A set of canned images used to illustrate word processing and desktop publishing documents. , sample market specifications and general handling and loading guidelines guidelines, n.pl a set of standards, criteria, or specifications to be used or followed in the performance of certain tasks. . In addition, APC and Moore Recycling Associates will work to facilitate the development of new recovery programs within the commercial sector. "This Web site is a very positive step towards sustaining and developing plastic recycling Plastic recycling is the process of recovering scrap or waste plastics and reprocessing the material into useful products, sometimes completely different from their original state. programs," Mike Vatuna, director of bulk materials with Trex Co. Inc., says. Trex is based in Winchester, Va., and uses recycled plastic film to make composite decking material. "As we see it, two of the biggest impediments IMPEDIMENTS, contracts. Legal objections to the making of a contract. Impediments which relate to the person are those of minority, want of reason, coverture, and the like; they are sometimes called disabilities. Vide Incapacity. 2. to effective plastic recycling are understanding what needs to be done, and having effective communications to allow recycling to move forward. This Web site communicates both," Vatuna says. |
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