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Minutes - Regular Meeting <br /> Solid Waste Advisory Board <br /> August 6, 2009 <br /> Approved September 3, 2009 <br /> Rigid Plastics Recycling Implementation Pollock states that for about a year we have <br /> been looking at adding things such as yogurt cups, five gallon buckets, big wheels or <br /> kiddie pools . The markets have finally shifted and we also received a State grant to <br /> help us out, so beginning sometime in September containers will go out at the drop - <br /> off sites and convenience centers where you can take most injected molded plastics <br /> that are not a bottle to recycle . We are not sure if and when we will be able to add <br /> those to curbside . We are debating from a public education standpoint how to <br /> express what we really want. It would help to get feed back from you all of what you <br /> think people will comprehend . Should we do a big list with pictures ? <br /> Smith states that your advertising campaign has been appreciated but I don' t know <br /> the difference between #2 plastic and # 5 plastic . To me it' s plastic . To me styrofoam <br /> is plastic . It would be easier to just let me know what you are going to accept. <br /> Guild states that one way to tell is that some items have the triangle with the number <br /> in it. <br /> Pollock states that this is an educational dilemma . The same conversation you all are <br /> having now is the one we ' ve had for the last month as we try to put together the <br /> message . It is a much different message than " all bottles " . <br /> Norwood states that the picture is better . <br /> Yuhasz asks how much of a problem will it be when the new plastics are commingled <br /> with the good plastics . <br /> Pollock states that the intent is to send those off as a separate load so that the pricing <br /> is a little better . We will experiment with bailing and densifying to see if we get a <br /> better payload . The two processors that we are talking to are in a position to take <br /> them in a mixed situation, but we will do better in the marketplace if they are <br /> segregated . We are not in the chemical side of the process yet, we are still on the dry <br /> side . It is not going to be that big of a problem . <br /> Spire states that the containers are very distinctive for this one type of product. The <br /> color of the container will speak to you that this is a new product. <br /> Plastic Film Recycling Pilot Program Pollock states that for the last spring semester of <br /> class at the University we worked with a class to look at the possibility to recycle <br /> more plastic bags and film without our direct involvement. Bags are incompatible <br /> with commingled recycling, they do not process well and film from those efforts is <br /> worthless . <br /> 7 <br />