Large plastics recycling plant opens in Beijing.The world's largest 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. processing plant, capable of recycling 60,000 tons of plastic scrap annually, has begun operating in Beijing Beijing (bā-jĭng) or Peking (pē-kĭng, pā–), city (1994 est. urban pop. 6,093,300; 1994 est. total pop. 7,240,700), capital of the People's Republic of China. It is in central Hebei prov. , according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. an article in China Daily. Operated by Beijing Incom Resources Recovery Co. Ltd., the plant was built at a cost of approximately $37.5 million. Li Ping Li Ping (李萍) is a fictional character in The Legend of the Condor Heroes, a novel written by Chinese author Jinyong. She is the mother of Guo Jing (郭靖) in Jinyong's novel. , director of the Beijing Municipal Industry Promotion Bureau, tells China Daily that the plant's annual capacity equals one-third of the city's total annual scrap plastic amount and will result in 30,000 tons of clean polyester polyester, synthetic fiber, produced by the polymerization of the product formed when an alcohol and organic acid react. The outstanding characteristic of polyesters is their ability to resist wrinkling and to spring back into shape when creased. pieces and 20,000 tons of bottled polyester chips, which is equal to a savings of 300,000 tons of petroleum annually. "The line will contribute greatly to Beijing's energy saving endeavor," Li Ping is quoted as saying. China Daily also quotes figures from the Beijing Municipal Packing Technology Association, which show that scrap plastic bottle generation in Beijing amounted to 150,000 tons in 2007 and is expected to surge to 300,000 tons in 2010. |
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