|Spring, 2011 Issue|
In the Spring Issue of Ode, For Intelligent Optimists, this very topic is explored in the article, Plastic Fantastic, by author Andrew Tolve. The article focuses on companies with invested technologies that recycle used plastic back into product as pure as virgin plastic as well as plant-based bioplastics.
According to Anthony Zolezzi, co-founder of Greenopolis and the GreenOps Recycling Systems "We should be celebrating plastic. It's how we abuse it and don't re-use it that's a problem. Plastic is an amazing ingredient that we should look at as precious material, no different than gold."
Author Andrew Tolve concludes, "With the right combination of recycling, re-use and innovation, plastic could soon become a renewable source."
Hmmmm.... is it time to stop the blame game? From the article it sounds like responsible human behavior would keep plastic out of our oceans and back into an economically viable production cycle.