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© Eco‐Cycle 2018.ecocycle.org
PLASTICS RECYCLING ISN’T ENOUGH… SO WHAT NOW?
KATE BAILEY ⋆ ECO‐CYCLE RECYCLE COLORADO ⋆ JUNE 2019
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Who is Eco‐Cycle?
One of oldest and largest NGO recyclers in the world
Located in Boulder, Colorado, USA
65 employees, 50,000 tons/year
Hands‐on experience in every aspect of Zero Waste
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Courtesy of GAIA, noburn.org
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Recyclin
g alone
is not
the
answer
Recycling is NOT the answer
Ellen MacArthur Foundation
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Phase out avoidable, single‐use plastics
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Replace #3, #6, #7 plastics
× ××
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Invest in reusable packaging
loopstore.com
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Recommit on collecting #1 & # 2 bottles
Less than 30% currently recycled
Strongest markets
More bottle to bottle facilities needed
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Scale up #5 polypropylene (PP) markets
Less than 3% recycled
Safer plastic
Emerging markets
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Buy back your products, increase recycled content.
(But actually mean it this time!)
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Stop concentrating on chemical recycling
Promising options… but oversold as the solution
Perpetuates disposable plastics
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Our future, our choice.