I'm working with a Chinese group right now that wants...
by Fresno Mike (2019-07-15 16:31:12)

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...to open a plastic recycling business here. They will receive the plastic items in bales that they feed into a machine that converts it to a resin which can then be re-used as another plastic product.

One of the reasons recycling is on the decline
by starburns  (2019-07-16 00:43:29)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

is that the Chinese companies we used to sell our plastic to aren’t buying anymore.

The real reason is that virgin materials are still cheaper. *
by The Flash  (2019-07-16 16:50:45)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

I have a Brazilian client that does the same thing
by Twinkie the Kid  (2019-07-15 20:52:41)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

They're looking to invest North America but we're horrible recyclers. There's no supply here. Their facility in Rio recycles 1.5 billion plastic bottles a year back into food grade plastic bottles.

They have a facility in Spain and are building one at the request of Danone and Nestle in France.
It will never work.
by The Flash  (2019-07-15 16:48:04)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Not because they are Chinese, but because they have an answer.

The trouble is like renewable energy or any alternative to the vested
interests of the hydrocarbon industry. They are powerful and they will
never permit an answer to the "virgin material" commodity industries.

Sorry.

Tell the Chinese to save their energy and spend their money in Korea, where
recycling as been accepted in a big way.