Plastic bottle tops recycled into near pure reusable plastic

Un-recycled plastic tops in this artwork by Mary Ellen Croteau (The Fifth Estate)

“The humble plastic bottle cap – scourge of waterways and a constant puzzle in terms of the recycling bin (must we take it off? Does it go in the same bin? Does it really get recycled?) is an example of the potential growth, jobs and profits waiting to be generated by the new economy.

Consumer goods giant Proctor & Gamble has invented a process for recycling the polypropylene caps into near virgin-quality reusable plastic. The technology has been made open source to enable global take-up, and a new company, PureCycle Technologies founded to put the process into practice in the USA.” …… From The Fifth Estate.

Continue reading: Bottle caps launch a green bond. The Fifth Estate, June 13 2019.