Environment v Plastic modelling...

[Ian M]

An interesting post Peter, Living In Denmark I can just add that as far as I know we have no more land fill sites. Most of the stuff going to the incinerator. The heat from which is used to provide heating and or power. (district heating).
Not quite sure why cotton bags should be burned after full use. Cotton can go in the compost. also our local recycle center collects fabrics for shredding and turning into something else.
One thing I can not understand is the local card and paper recycling. Recently they changed the "rules" so now only paper and single layer cardboard (as in cornflakes boxes and the like) can go in the wheelie bin. Corrugated card has to be taken to the recycling center... Great if you have a car.
The real problem is not the plastic in its self, rather the way in which it is disposed of. So the less plastic we, as model makers have to deal with the better.

[Guest]

Interesting read Peter
What I find annoying is the continued use of plastic film with the message saying Not Currently Recycled.
Well stop using it then, the only way I can see to make super markets stopping using this film is to stop buying the product, they would soon find a better alternative if profits were hit.
We recycle here in Lincs, even have food waste bins, started as a trial, so many used them our council is going to continue offering it .
Think the Danish method that Ian mentions is great, I think they do a similar thing in Sweden , why don't we use this, I have a feeling it was banned some time ago.

[stillp]

Excellent post Peter.
I think the 'bottom line' is that regardless of the material, we waste too much.
Interesting to hear the CEO of Terracycle on the radio the other day - they can recycle many things that others won't; for some materials the cost of collection is more than the value of the material, but Terracycle have a network of private individuals who collect things like crisp packets and pet food pouches until they have enough of them to justify a collection.
The son of a chap I used to work with has set up a company to recycle plastic waste from injection moulding companies - they waste huge quantities of polystyrene every time a mould is changed, often far more than is used in the moulded product. He regrinds it into pellets and sells it back to the moulding companies.
Pete