Where does plastic come from?

[donnashuggy]

Any ideas?

[polksaladallie]

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@am*3 wrote:
Returned bags ( light LDPE from supermarkets only)to supermarket recycling bins are not dumped they are recycled and nade into other products.

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So we are told.  

The only recycling I've know of is market stall holders taking them out of those bins to use on Sundays.

[cherry*135]

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@polksaladallie wrote:

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@am*3 wrote:
Returned bags ( light LDPE from supermarkets only)to supermarket recycling bins are not dumped they are recycled and nade into other products.

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So we are told.  

The only recycling I've know of is market stall holders taking them out of those bins to use on Sundays.

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Says it all really.

[cherry*135]

For anyone genuinely interested in keeping plastic out of land fill (especially supermarket bags,packaging), the following is a link from Coles. Woolworths also have similar.

'Through our partnership with the RED Group and Replas we have been able to recycle this material into garden seats to schools and kindergarten'

http://www.coles.com.au/helping-australia-grow/responsible-sourcing-and-sustainability/waste

from the pdf in the above link

This concern drove Coles to partnering with
a local recycling group to provide customers with a convenient and
environmentally friendly way to dispose of their old and unwanted
green bags that would see their bags recycled right here in Australia
rather than sent to China for processing.
Discussions commenced with the Melbourne-based RED Group,
which had been recycling polypropylene shopping bags through
a primary school program in Victoria called the RED Project and
through a partnership with another Victorian-based business, Replas,
which was recycling plastic into useful equipment for schools, walking
trails and other public places. In June 2010, RED Group and Coles
launched the first recycling scheme for old polypropylene shopping bags.
The initiative was launched in 760 stores and generated enough waste
to be turned into 100 recycled plastic bench seats that were donated to
primary schools across the country. Following this, Coles launched the
Redcycle Program in September 2011 in 115 Melbourne stores
to expand the service to also recycle flexible plastic packaging.

[polksaladallie]

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@am*3 wrote:

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@polksaladallie wrote:

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@am*3 wrote:
Returned bags ( light LDPE from supermarkets only)to supermarket recycling bins are not dumped they are recycled and nade into other products.

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So we are told.  

The only recycling I've know of is market stall holders taking them out of those bins to use on Sundays.

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Says it all really.

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Well, I can only go by what a (Coles) supermarket manager told me when I first asked if I could take some for my stall.   Something like. "go ahead, save us dumping them".   Your supermarket  might be different.   My view is from my experience.  Says it all, really.

[spotweldersfriend]

Well dash it all.There goes my plan to fly over to the States and pick up Evangeline Lilly's spilt groceries.:-(

[cherry*135]

Sure, one  Coles supermarket  staff member (the actual STORE Manager was floating  the floor ready to answer customers questions?), indicates what  the whole supermarket industry Australia wide, including Woolworths is doing, dumping all the bags they receive in their recycling bins.? Some proof of that would be welcome.

As a result of your story you expect people not to recycle plastic bags in supermarket bins anymore?

Is the new outdoor furniture at schools made from recycled plastic supermarket bags... pretend furniture?.

[nevillesdaughter]

A few years ago the local child care centre asked the local supermarket if they could raid the used bag bins for disposing of dirty nappies (and of course were given permission) - made me laugh because the only immediately biogradable thing was what the baby added.....

Marina.

[nevillesdaughter]

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@spotweldersfriend wrote:
Well dash it all.There goes my plan to fly over to the States and pick up Evangeline Lilly's spilt groceries.:-(

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I've also heard tell that some of these people don't even do their own grocery shopping - they have "people" apparently - , but maybe that's just the jealousy talking again.

Marina.

[spotweldersfriend]

There's a place in Adelaide that recycles plastic waste and turns them into planks.We used them to build a fence and table tops.I think they make those plastic thingies on the sides of roads with the reflectors on them out of recycled plastic also.

[spotweldersfriend]

Thingies=guide posts.Articulate aren't I ? 🙂