{"id":2673,"date":"2016-04-28T18:08:53","date_gmt":"2016-04-28T18:08:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ensoplastics.com\/theblog\/?p=2673"},"modified":"2016-08-25T18:31:23","modified_gmt":"2016-08-25T18:31:23","slug":"recovery-cannot-be-ignored-in-a-circular-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ensoplastics.com\/theblog\/?p=2673","title":{"rendered":"Recovery Cannot be Ignored in a Circular Economy :"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2674\" src=\"https:\/\/ensoplastics.com\/theblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Hierarchy.jpg\" alt=\"Hierarchy\" width=\"374\" height=\"405\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s about 78 million tons of plastic waste produced each year that is non-recyclable, non-reusable, already light-weighted and unavoidable. The next feasible option we have to &#8220;cycle&#8221; this material at its highest level possible is in energy recovery.\u00a0 Fortunately, the vast majority of this\u00a0material is already entering a waste-to-energy facility and there\u2019s no need for infrastructure or behavioral changes. For this to happen, these applications simply need to be designed\u00a0conducive for\u00a0anaerobic environments.<\/p>\n<p>The recovery of Landfill Gas-to-Energy provides predictable results and a better value proposition for\u00a0single-cycle applications than any other disposal method we have available today.\u00a0\u00a0 As we embark on creating\u00a0a &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org\/circular-economy\">Circular Economy<\/a>&#8221; we need to harness the resources available to us.\u00a0 The idea is to recoup, or recover,\u00a0the greatest value possible within a products life-cycle, including disposal.\u00a0 Plastics cannot be recycled perpetually, it is not an end-of-life solution.\u00a0 In order to get plastics out of the environment and into the grid, it falls on producers, the brands and manufactures, to ensure its applications are designed to comply with this disposal method.<\/p>\n<p>A collaborative approach is vital, yet there are still some companies, even ones who&#8217;ve\u00a0pledged their commitment\u00a0to creating\u00a0a circular economy, that scoff at\u00a0the idea. Unwilling to design for disposal and dismissing the returns of alternative energy, they stay committed to a recurrent single strategy for nearly half a century.\u00a0\u00a0Is it\u00a0because consumers won&#8217;t understand?\u00a0 I doubt that, but\u00a0using consumer comprehension as a litmus test\u00a0in harnessing innovation may not be the best idea.\u00a0\u00a0Besides, as a consumer myself, I&#8217;d\u00a0prefer an\u00a0honest\u00a0approach\u00a0that provides intrinsic benefits,\u00a0and less of my own involvement,\u00a0to\u00a0being\u00a0misled that anything&#8217;s really being done at all.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s about 78 million tons of plastic waste produced each year that is non-recyclable, non-reusable, already light-weighted and unavoidable. The next feasible option we have to &#8220;cycle&#8221; this material at its highest level possible is in energy recovery.\u00a0 Fortunately, the vast majority of this\u00a0material is already entering a waste-to-energy facility and there\u2019s no need for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[737,736,1053,743],"tags":[1501,410,77,517,342,291],"class_list":["post-2673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biodegradation-2","category-environmental-news","category-good-causes","category-thought-provoking","tag-alternative-energy","tag-benefiting-from-landfill-gases","tag-biodegradable","tag-biodegradable-additives","tag-biodegradable-plastics","tag-sustainability"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ensoplastics.com\/theblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ensoplastics.com\/theblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ensoplastics.com\/theblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ensoplastics.com\/theblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ensoplastics.com\/theblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2673"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/ensoplastics.com\/theblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2673\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2840,"href":"https:\/\/ensoplastics.com\/theblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2673\/revisions\/2840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ensoplastics.com\/theblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ensoplastics.com\/theblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ensoplastics.com\/theblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}