Plastic recycling

he first plastic recycling mill for Waste Techniques was built in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, and began working in 1972. It took several years and a concerted effort for the average Joe to embrace the recycling habit, but embrace he did and continued to do so in increasing numbers. Plastic recycling is unlike glass or metal processes due to the greater number of steps involved and the use of dyes, fillers and other additives used in "virgin" plastics.