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Concurrent Session B: Emerging Plastics Recovery Options 1:30 to 3:00 p.m., Grand Ballroom A-B on the fifth floor Plastic is used to make thousands of products. Many of these plastic items represent an opportunity for recycling and other forms of environmental materials management. At the same time, producers and users of plastics are working various alliances to investigate new ways of handling obsolete plastics. This informative session looks at two sources of plastics: from healthcare facilities and in the form of old toys. – Moderator: Alan Kaufman, Toy Industry Association Plastics Recycling in Healthcare Facilities The Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council (HPRC), in partnership with Stanford University Medical Center, conducted a six-month pilot study to develop a better understanding of plastic waste characterization within healthcare facilities. This presentation features the challenges and solutions to recycling mixed plastics in a patient care setting, lessons learned regarding “dock-in” and “dock-out” process optimization and other important data from this pilot study. – Tod Christenson, Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council Getting More Toys Recycled Funded by the American Chemistry Council, this brand-new research from 4R Sustainability explores the technical feasibility of recycling plastics from toys. This study aims to understand what existing municipal collection and recovery schemes could do to facilitate the recovery of toys for recycling. Would toys be a good fit for inclusion in bulky rigids recycling programs? At what point should plastic toys with electronic components be diverted to electronics reclaimers? What makes some toys more recyclable than others? What opportunities exist for recovering oil from plastic toys? – Kim Holmes, 4R Sustainability Can Plastics-to-Oil Systems Support Plastics Recycling? Plastics-to-oil (PTO) technology is gaining momentum across the U.S., but what’s next? How can PTO help support the expansion of plastics recovery and recycling, particularly regarding toy scrap and other bulky plastics? An expert from the largest waste management company in America sheds light on these questions and more. – Susan Robinson, Waste Management plasticsrecycling.com