Let's Save Our Planet Through Plastic Recycling

One of the frequently used products in U.S is plastic. Plastic is used for varied purposes. It is used for packaging consumer products, for carrying food and drinks, building toys, and for almost every conceivable reason. There are more than 10,000 varied kinds of plastic to be found. The product is versatile enough to be blended with different elements and thus it has limitless utility.

However, plastic contains petroleum - a non-renewable resource. Thus greater the amount of petroleum burnt to create newer plastic products, the higher is the amount of greenhouse gas emission. Plastic recycling is the answer to this menace.

What is plastic recycling?

Plastic recycling refers to recovery of scrap and waste plastics. The recovered scrap plastic is reprocessed into different useful products, may be absolutely different in shape or form from the original state. As an example, soft drink bottles are melted down and cast as plastic tables and chairs.

Some plastics for recycling

The most common and easiest form of plastic to recycle is made of polyethylene terephthalate (PETE). This is assigned number 1. Medicine containers and soda water bottles may be recycled to form sleeping bags, life jackets, rope, car bumpers, etc.

The polyethylene or high-density plastics are the heavy containers of laundry detergents, shampoo, motor oil, etc. This form of plastic has been assigned number 2 and is recycled into plastic lumber, toys and piping.

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Polyvinyl chloride plastic used in shower curtains, baby bottle nipples is given number 3. Wrapping films, sandwich bags contain low-density polyethylene is assigned number 4 while polypropylene containers found in Tupperware is number 5. These have comparatively low rates of recyclability. The hardest form of plastic to recycle is one which is composed of all the different forms of plastics mentioned above and is assigned number 7.

Eco Key Chains - Earth Friendly Recycled PVC Products

What is an Eco-Key Chain Anyway?

An eco-key chain is a key chain that is earth friendly and does not contain previously unused virgin materials and is made from sustainable or post consumer materials. Most key chains and key fobs are made from leather, wood, metal or plastic that is virgin or pre-consumer based, meaning it was made from previously unused material.

Eco-key chains are commonly made from recycled, post-consumer materials like recycled leather scraps, wood, paper or reclaimed PVC resin. Some people think that because a product is made of leather or wood, it is eco-friendly. This is not always the case, just ask the cow or tree how friendly they feel about it. But recycled leather and wood products can be recycled and re-used to create post-consumer, recycled items.

This is now also becoming true in the plastics manufacturing arena. Whereas manufacturers in China and abroad continue to manufacture with virgin, pre-consumer plastics which can contain many unnecessary and hazardous ingredients like melamine and cadmium, some USA manufacturers are leading the charge to develop greener methods of production.

One California based company is reusing the waste resins that would normally go into making garden hoses and is now keeping it on site to fill the growing demand for recycled, eco-friendly or green 3D rubber emblems and 95% post consumer PVC key chains for use in the ad specialty and promotional products industries. They also use this reclaimed, recycled resin to produce other items like labels for clothing, beverage coasters, hang tags and other soft plastic items that were once only offered in non-recycled form.

Why Use Reclaimed or Recycled PVC for Key Chains?

The reason there is a growing demand for recycled plastic products is due to the growing awareness of consumers to the hazardous amounts of virgin plastic filling our landfills and oceans. Daily, consumers are hit by a barrage of commercials informing us that plastic water bottles take a lifetime to biodegrade. Some experts estimate that it could take anywhere from 450-1000 years for them to degrade in a landfill, depending on the type of plastic and the size of the bottle.

Add to that alarming statistic, the fact that there is a floating soup of plastic twice the size of the continental United States and weighing approximately 100 million tons swirling around in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and you can see why people are getting concerned. As a result of this new-found awareness, consumers are reacting by demanding that the products they buy be not only safe, but eco-friendly and earth conscious.

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Native American Elders would often teach their tribes to bear in mind that the things they do today will affect the next seven generations. Since generations typically span about 25-50 years, seven generations would be equal to 175-350 years, or about 100 years short of the best estimate for the time needed for one plastic bottle to degrade.