11-06-2006, 05:00 AM
I have been kind of amazed we have any recycling program at all and wonder where the "recycled" material goes. Recycle doesn't stop when a person drops off their bottles and newspapers at the recycling center. It starts there. So then what happens?
I am aware of no manufacturing or reuse process underway on the islands except some minimal use of crushed glass and Maui has a struggling HDPE plastic lumber facility. Does anyone know if our recyclables are baled and shipped back to the mainland? or processed here for some useful purpose?
I am aware of no manufacturing or reuse process underway on the islands except some minimal use of crushed glass and Maui has a struggling HDPE plastic lumber facility. Does anyone know if our recyclables are baled and shipped back to the mainland? or processed here for some useful purpose?
Assume the best and ask questions.
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