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rbowman

On 01/16/2020 02:29 PM, wrote:
I bet Scott will tell you about the stuff leaching out of the plastic
coating in the paper cup too.
They are also not particularly recyclable. My waste hauler doesn't
want them in the blue bin. They are trash.

Sadly, they are very recyclable but there is no infrastructure to handle
it. When I worked for Sweetheart the rejects were immediately ground and
recycled.

That had an interesting side effect. One of the large contracts was for
McDonalds clamshells. McDonalds had very strict color specifications
that called for a sort of beige. Dyes were added to the blend, but the
amount of regrind also affected the color and was taken into
consideration. On good days when the lines were running smoothly and
there wasn't a lot of material being recycled, the color would be out of
spec.

Side note: dealing with Mickey Dee was a real pos. If the price of
crystal styrene dropped a penny a pound they wanted a discount. If it
went up, they didn't want to hear about it.