Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Lima recycling receptacle

I believe this is an organization out of Santiago, Chile. Notice some sponsors of this receptacle....Cocacola, the company behind probably 80% of  Peru´s plastic bottles...

Under Vidrio (glass) you see Owens Illinois, a global glass recycler and manufacture. They happen to have a large recycling plant in my home town of Portland, Oregon.
Also notice Tetra Pak: lots of liquids are sold in Tetra Paks in Lima and other parts of Peru for the lack of personal refrigeration. As to where these collected Tetra Paks are going, I am not sure. Such hybrid materials are difficult to recycle, but I suppose if one has enough of them, Tetra Pak may see the benefit of trying to recycle them here in Peru.
That uncertainty about the destination includes the other items shown as well. As Lima is a port and costal city, I´d guess many collected and recycled materials go to markets abroad. 
Lima does have some plstic fabrication though, I do know there is a plastics blower (makes plastic bottles), so perhaps there is some PET recycling that actually happens here in Lima.
Paper.... again not sure. I´ve seen some cardboard bales driving around but I am unsure of the final destination.

When in doubt, I guess China.

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