As part of our ongoing focus on Plastics Recycling, this week we ask...
"The Blog Summit will be wrapping up, and with this close, contributors are asked to share their 1. Reflection of the Blog Summit; 2. Interest in recycling; and 3. Thoughts on how we, as a society, need to move forward to ensure that we are making plastics recycling as efficient and effective as possible. "
In Closing: A Summary of the “Too Valuable to Waste” Blog Summit
posted by <Sharon Kneiss> Friday, June 5, 2009 4:00pmFor the past five weeks, the American Chemistry Council hosted its second Blog Summit. Entitled “Too Valuable To Waste,” the summit has focused on the importance of plastics recycling, consumer education about recycling, and the future of recycling.
We were honored to be joined by an incredible line-up of experts. Our sincere thanks go to our [...]
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Closing thoughts on the blog summit
posted by <Rachelle Strauss> Friday, June 5, 2009 2:36pmAs the blog closes my interest in recycling has not changed from where it was before the summit began. It has neither increased or decreased.
My passion is reducing, reusing and composting all I can and keeping recycling and landfill waste to a minimum. Through my zero waste website, I share everything I am doing with [...]
Plastic Recycling Myths
posted by <Patty Moore> Thursday, June 4, 2009 5:32pmI’d like to wrap up this blog summit by dispelling some pervasive plastic recycling myths.
Myth #1 - Plastic cannot be recycled: I suppose you would not be reading this if you believed this one, but I am still amazed as I travel around this country how often I run into people who still believe that [...]
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Reflections
posted by <Jeff Wooster> Wednesday, June 3, 2009 4:31pmAs this blog draws to a close, I’m reminded how complicated technology can be, and how - as a consumer - I don’t want it to be complicated. I just want to enjoy the benefits of someone else’s hard work. For those who have never blogged before, like myself, the process was sometimes a bit [...]
A Reflection of the ACC Blog Summit
posted by <Blair Pollock> Wednesday, June 3, 2009 2:38pm1. Reflection of the Blog Summit;
I have never blogged before and while I didn’t take this work home at night, but tried to do it at the end of the workday, it does take a lot of time to come up with useful & cogent commentary. Sometimes I think I even succeeded at that. A few [...]
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