Environmental benefits of recycling

The growing environmental impact of plastics production and waste makes recovery and recycling all the more urgent.
Recycling plastics benefits the environment in various ways.

• Conserves non-renewable fossil fuels.
• Less energy consumption.
• Reduced amounts of solid waste going to landfill.
• Reduced greenhouse gas emissions
• Cheaper disposal method than incineration or landfilling.
• Cleaner planet

Yet only 2% of plastics worldwide are mechanically recycled. Where does the rest go?

• Most household plastic is incinerated or land filled, and the larger part of mixed-plastic WEEE (waste electrical and electronic equipment) is exported to Asia and Africa.
• 10% of household waste and 25% (by weight) of WEEE is made up of mixed plastic.

Plastinum has a unique solution to deal with the global problem of mixed-plastic waste.