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My closing statement read: "There is only one real effective and incentive method to encourage environmentally sound collecting of beverage one-way containers and it is deposit in combination with High-Tech R&D resulted Reverse Vending Machines! |
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Zdroj/Source: NAPCOR 
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Spotlight on Environment (May 2006)
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The film emphasizes the importance of
recycling PET and provides examples of common The film has been "uplinked" to Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) stations throughout the United States and will be shown beginning in May 2006. Look for it on your local PBS station. To download a free .mpeg file copy, please click here (This file is zipped and large -- 48 MB -- so if you'd prefer a copy of film on disk, please email us. Include your name, address, and "Spotlight On Film Request" in the subject line.).
See also on this external links: Finally, as is mentioned a number of times in this report, there is a growing difference between the amount of PET bottles collected for recycling in the US and the capacity of reclamation plants to process them into material suitable for remanufacture. 2006 marked the first year in which more of the PET bottles collected for recycling went to export markets than stayed in the US. Ultimately, depending on and allowing foreign markets to harvest the value of a recyclable such as PET bottles does not make good sense. Particularly as the issue of sustainability continues to gain attention and focus, the notion of moving bottles all over the world based on currency values will be increasingly hard to justify. Yet, if the processing capacity does not exist, where are
the bottles to go? The question of why the US reclamation industry has
been eroding during the last few years is perplexing, particularly when
these years have been among the most profitable. Hopefully, the
reawakening of environmental concerns will be the catalyst necessary to
stimulate some More articles on IP
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