http://earth911.com/news/2009/03/06/fresh-easy-diverts-400k-pounds-of-plastic-from-landfill/ Find Recycling Centers and Learn How To Recycle Fri, 17 Jun 2011 19:41:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://earth911.com/news/2009/03/06/fresh-easy-diverts-400k-pounds-of-plastic-from-landfill/comment-page-1/#comment-25372 Trey Granger Tue, 10 Mar 2009 22:34:22 +0000 http://earth911.com/?p=13892#comment-25372 I find plastic to be one of the more fascinating items you can recycle. Has anyone seen the video about how the sorting of recyclables work (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_X-Hcwdh70U&feature=PlayList&p=467B27787314C442&index=23)? The machines can identify it by resin type, whereas steel is separated using magnets and aluminum uses eddy currents. We have so much technology around recycling plastic, so it's a shame that we don't recycle more of it. I find plastic to be one of the more fascinating items you can recycle. Has anyone seen the video about how the sorting of recyclables work (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_X-Hcwdh70U&feature=PlayList&p=467B27787314C442&index=23)? The machines can identify it by resin type, whereas steel is separated using magnets and aluminum uses eddy currents. We have so much technology around recycling plastic, so it’s a shame that we don’t recycle more of it.

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