8 Second Life Of A Plastic Bottle

Second Life Of A Plastic Bottle

Posted on March 2, 2012 by

The majority of Russian people don't trouble themselves with bringing their plastic bottles to recycling centers, while officials consider plastic bottle recycling as a matter of some remote future.

Meanwhile, in 2007, the first Russian company using a unique bottle-to-bottle technology opened in the city of Solnechnogorsk in the Moscow Region.

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Posters in Solnechnogorsk call for recycling.

"For plastic bottles only".

They installed over 70 containers in the city as a promotion aimed at collecting and recycling plastic bottles launched by the administration of the city of Solnechnogorsk and companies Plarus, Coca-Cola and Coca-Cola Hellenic, the largest producer of non-alcoholic drinks in Russia.

Although they try to explain to the citizens of Solnechnogorsk the importance of recycling, not all of them support the idea. One of the disapproving comments on recycling is "Well, it is good for the recycling company but we will have to inhale all that".

It is amazing but a lot of people sincerely believe that Plarus, the company recycling plastic bottles, wants to poison them.

The point is that many years ago there were rumors that they wanted to build a chemical factory instead of Plarus, so people got used to the idea that they were about to get poisoned and still stick to it.


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8 Responses to “Second Life Of A Plastic Bottle”

  1. Gerry says:

    Imagine all these tons of plastic going to the landfills…

  2. Will says:

    Very good to see.

  3. mortforce says:

    Pretty cool!

  4. Dave Peterson says:

    Hope it catches on with the people. Recycling is good for the environment.

    • max says:

      Some consumer product recycling is good and cost effective. Paper products (newspapers/cardboard) are not. Paper must be de-inked using harsh chemicals which creates a toxic sludge, high energy consumption and recycled paper products and usually inferior in quality. Aluminum is easy and less expensive to recycle with no difference in quality of end product. Plastic and glass recycling is very labor intensive.

      The only material that has been cost effective to recycle is aluminum. All others due to labor costs, processing costs, and end product value and quality, drain economies and negatively impact the environment.

      • jeffrey pigden says:

        Lets not forget the original recyclable, iron! Ferrous materials have been recycled since Egytian times.
        As to the ‘costs’ of recycling, the opponents have been careful to understate the public benefits while overstating those expenses. They also ‘spin’ the truth against recycling. If the entire process is considered, recycling paper is actually beneficial to society. Unfortunately, it lowers the revenue of the paper company.

      • Maxim Ч says:

        Whose labour costs?

        Labour costs a lot less in certain parts of the world (e.g. Russia as compared to Western Europe or North America) which can make it cost-effective.

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