Re: plastic waste

["Lisa C. Morrison" <morrison@wmrc.hazard.uiuc.edu>]

You might try contacting The Alberta Waste Materials Exchange.  Their
bulletin lists thermoplastics as a "wanted" material .  

Patrick Nolan, Coordinator
Alberta Waste Materials Exchange
P.O. Box 8330
Edmonton, AB T6H 5X2

Phone: 403/450-5050
Fax: 403/450-8996
nolan@arc.ab.ca






At 09:20 AM 2/13/97 -0500, Vince Perelli wrote:
>P2Techers,
>
>Not sure if this is the right place to post this, but I'll do it anyway.  If
>there is a better electronic list or contact, please let me know.
>
>I just got a call from a plastic car parts manufacturer regarding
>approximately 10 - 20 tons per year of molded/painted automotive trim with
>nylon attachments, metal studs, "bright strip," etc... The base material is
>thermoplastic polyolefin or (TPO).  I asked a bunch of questions about the
>source of this waste and was told that it is mostly prototypes, defective
>parts generated during the "launch phase" of new product lines, and left
>overs/overruns from older parts (apparently older product lines are kept
>around for future body work and repairs).  
>
>The company apparently reworks and regrinds some of the material, but there
>is more left over than they can deal with.  The stuff does have good BTU
>value, but tends to clump in the incinerator, drip through the incinerator
>grates, and cause fires - or something like that.  The last resort is to
>send the stuff to a secure landfill.
>
>My first thought is that a manufacture of TPO-related products might be able
>to use the material, but it seems pretty contaminated with paint, nylon and
>metal fasteners.  I'm kinda stumped on this one.
>
>Any ideas, such as waste exchange leads, would be appreciated.  Thanks in
>advance.
>
>Vince Perelli
>
>
>
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>Vincent R. Perelli
>New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
>Pollution Prevention Program
>6 Hazen Drive
>Concord, NH 03301-6509
>phone:  603  271-2902
>fax:    603  271-2456
>perelli@deswmdpl.mv.com
>
>A thought from E.F. Schumaker in 1973 - "We must begin to see 
>the possibility of evolving a new life style, with new methods
>of production and new patterns of consumption;  a life-style 
>designed for permanence"
>
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Lisa C. Morrison				217/244-6061 (v)
Technical / Information Specialist		217/333-8944 (f)
IL Waste Management and Research Cnt.	morrison@wmrc.hazard.uiuc.edu
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