As managing editor of If someone with a video camera walked around the perimeter of your plant, would they find spilled pellets? That's basically what happened here, in a report on how a group called Surfers Against Sewage documented spilled pellets at a few plants in the UK, and showed how pellets eventually end up as hard-to-clean-up marine debris.
This is embarrassing for the plastics industry. Many companies take this problem seriously and have put systems in place to deal with pellet loss. But a few bad apples can cause big problems for the environment, and they give the whole industry a bad name.
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Companies should get involved with Operation Clean Sweep (http://www.opcleansweep.org), a program created by SPI and ACC to help plastic resin handling operations implement good housekeeping and pellet containment practices. Plenty of companies are already participating: http://www.opcleansweep.org/companypledge/listpledges.asp
Posted by Barry | July 2, 2008 4:29 PM
Posted on July 2, 2008 16:29