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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

PLASTICS RECYCLING ISN’T ENOUGH… SO WHAT NOW?€¦ · kate bailey ⋆ eco‐cycle recycle colorado ⋆ june 2019. ecocycle.org ... we are committed to increase the proportion

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Page 1: PLASTICS RECYCLING ISN’T ENOUGH… SO WHAT NOW?€¦ · kate bailey ⋆ eco‐cycle recycle colorado ⋆ june 2019. ecocycle.org ... we are committed to increase the proportion

© 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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© Eco‐Cycle 2018.ecocycle.org

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.