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To: donpat who wrote (8671)	7/6/2011 11:30:19 AM
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Ontario plant to recover waste Durham facility could help recover multi-composite plastics BY PIC staff ON July 04, 2011 3:32pm canadianmanufacturing.com DURHAM/YORK, Ont.—Ontario’s Ministry of the Environment has approved an energy-from-waste facility that some advocates say could improve plastic recovery rates. The EFW plant will be located in the Durham/York region, just outside of Toronto, and have an anicipated 140,000 tonnes capacity a year. Construction is set to start in fall 2011 with plans to be operational by 2014. Durham currently accepts #1-2 plastics, tubs and lids as well as drop-offs for bulky polystyrene. By 2012, the region plans to expand to include #3-7 plastics, other than film. While multi-composite plastics are not recyclable, they could be high-value as feedstock for EFW, says Craig Bartlett, manager of waste operations for the Regional Municipality of Durham. Bartlett was speaking at a recent seminar on plastics recovery hosted by the Canadian Plastics Industry Association. He pointed out that U.S. counties with EFW facilities had higher recycling rates than the national average, according to a recent American Chemistry Council study. canadianmanufacturing.com