North Carolina - Plastic Bottles Banned from Landfills

Starting October 1, 2009 North Carolina banned PET (#1 plastic) from landfills.

" .... banning all rigid plastic containers from landfills ... focus largely on the recovery of Polyethylene terephthalate (PET). ... plastic, commonly identified by the number “1″ inside a recycling symbol on the bottle, is the resin of choice for most soda and water bottles."landfill

" ... building the nation's largest facility to recycle PET bottles, ... process 280 million pounds of material per year. One of the primary partners ... is carpet manufacturer Shaw Industries Group, LLC, which can turn recycled PET into polyester for use in carpeting."
" ... state will be inspecting landfills starting in October, but it’s unlikely that individuals will be fined for trashing plastic bottles unless they are caught unloading a large amount."


Via: Earth911.org LINK

United Resource Recovery Corporation Recycles PET

URRC - United Resource Recovery Corporation- is " ... the world-leader in transforming waste bottles into new bottles."

" ... recycles plastic food and beverage containers made of polyethylene terephthalate (“PET”) using a patented manufacturing process ... called ... UnPet ... makes a low cost, high quality reclaimed PET chip resin ... suitable for use in food packaging containers, under the Food and Drug Administration’s specifications."

" .... entered into a 5 year development program with The Coca Cola Company to commercialize the process by producing food grade quality PET chip for bottle to bottle recycling. Over six billion bottles have been produced ..."

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Via: United Resource Recovery Corporation LINK