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Collecting and Marketing Film Plastics

Collecting and Marketing Film Plastics. Joe Van Rossum UW Extension Recycling Specialist. Markets for Plastic. Good demand for clean plastics Separate by resin and type Prices rebounded quickly from late 2008 Swoon Domestic/Export ~65/35. Collecting Bags, Sacks & Wraps.

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Collecting and Marketing Film Plastics

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  1. Collecting and Marketing Film Plastics Joe Van Rossum UW Extension Recycling Specialist

  2. Markets for Plastic • Good demand for clean plastics • Separate by resin and type • Prices rebounded quickly from late 2008 Swoon • Domestic/Export ~65/35

  3. Collecting Bags, Sacks & Wraps • Not generally compatible with current infrastructure for paper & containers • MRF Design • Remove at front end • Tangle on rotating shafts

  4. Practices in Use • Paper Compactor Boxes • Bagged film included • Picked out at MRF • Sandwich bale • Film and OCC in same bale • Separated at MRF

  5. The Collection Challenge

  6. Where to Focus Efforts?

  7. Current Market Development Efforts Joe Van Rossum UW Extension Recycling Specialist

  8. Technical Assistance • UW Extension, DNR, WasteCap Resources, others • Connecting generators w/Recyclers • Wisconsin Recycling Markets Directory

  9. Navigating Regulations • Fit w/in existing laws/rules • Alternative approvals • Low hazard exemption • Beneficial reuse

  10. Funding Sources for Market Development • Waste Reduction and Demonstration Grant - $0 • UW System Solid Waste Research Program • Faculty and Student projects • $154,300/year • “Stand-in-line” with other businesses • Energy funding – i.e. anaerobic digestion

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