General Interest - Recyling Plastic: Part 2

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is one of the largest plastic recycling plants in United States. It is in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Jay is head of the plant. JAY CHILTON: "On an week, we receive anywhere from one to 1.5 million (454,000 to 680,000 kg) of bottles in to the ." JAY CHILTON: "We receive eight to ten trucks a coming into the plant, and a truckload's roughly 40,000 ." That is more than 18,000 kilograms of plastic every . JAY CHILTON: "These bales on average are about 900 (400 kg). They can range anywhere from 600 pounds kg) to 1500 pounds (680 kg) in this configuration. is accumulation of roughly 10 to15 weeks of deliveries." three football fields of plastic sit just a short from the processing center. JAY CHILTON: "This is where whole bottles enter the whole bottle wash ---- it's like your front-end load washing machine at your house. just a lot longer, and a lot bigger." Then, plastic is broken into what the recycling industry calls ". ." "'"It's kind of like your flour sifter at home youre sifting out the big chunks of flour." Large areas hold the flakes before they are sent to center, which will make them into something new. We show you that next step in our final report recycling. I'm Mario Ritter.

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