Recycling: environmentally compelling, economically advantageous

In environmental terms, the benefits of recycling include:

• Helps conserve limited resources, especially fossil fuels.
• Reduces energy consumption.
• Reduces the need for incineration and landfill.
• Cuts down on the generation of CO2 and other greenhouse gases.
• Reduces direct and indirect environmental pollution and damage.

In economic terms, recycling brings a cascade of advantages, including:

• Large-scale job creation.
• Greater manufacturing efficiency and competitiveness.
• Technological spin-offs and synergies.

Plastinum is fully supportive of US and European initiatives promoting the
environmental and economic benefits of recycling. It is company policy to pursue and develop environmentally responsible practices at all levels.