There is an article in today's Herald about a local company that could shred all these clam shells that pose recycling problems and turn them into 3-D products. Apparently the city has talked with them but is not sure it can handle the scope of the problem.
I would say at least give them a try.
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The company, Eco- Growth, said it could ensure the clamshell containers — now stored in at least 100 semi-trailer units at a southeast landfill site — are turned into 3-D created products ranging from travel trailers and park benches to playground structures.
“We already have the technology, we just have to do it ... the city should be beating a path,” Caron said. “It’s absolutely bizarre.”
The company, he said, has long rendered plastic bottles into doormats and would have no problem shredding clamshell packaging.
Eco-Growth’s Glen Smith said the company can process the plastics where it’s now stored.
“We could bring the technology to the city’s site and consume it there,” he said.
“The clamshells are one of the best ones to use, they’re beautiful.”
The city and its recyclables sorting partner, Cascades Recovery, could reduce processing costs by not having to transport the material out of the city for recycling, Smith said.
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