2008-03-04 Oral Communications SubmittalTALCO PLASTICS
3270 E. 70th St.
Lang Beach, CA
90805 (562) 630-1224 Post-consumer plastics
Department of Public Works, City of Los Angeles
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Includes facts sheets on the value of plastic in use.
Dart Container Corp
Shows recycling process including post food service materials.
http:llwww. dartcontainer.comlweblenviron.nsflpageslschematic.htm
Article on the City of Roseville program.
Includes~~mention of Stockton reprocessor, Timbron.
Gets material from as far away as Eastern Europe.
h :llwww.sacbee.comlrosevillelstorv151?Q85.html
Company which uses closed loop system for supply of products, collection and recycling.
works with school and industrial cafeterias.
Recycling Professionals
West Linn, OR
Larry Ivlclntyre
503172-7616
Story about recycling polystyrene.
American Recycler
h :llwww.americanrecvcliner.com11Z071 olvst~rrene.shtml
Brevard County Florida
School pro~am
school year 1989-1999
Speca~a ~~~gratros & 5er3ri~c~es
Foam Polystyrene "Styrofoam" Cups
http:llwww.p2pays.orglreflObla57421
Submitted by Ken Peterson under
4rai Communications atthe
43.04.48 Council Meeting
A special collection program for foam polystyrene cups and plates is available in the Billings Student CenterlCoak
Gammons only. The program. is a cooperative effort among the U~ Solid WastelRecycling Office, Sadexho-1~arriott .
Dining Services, SOFCO, Inc, and Dart Container Corporation. •
Foam cups and plates are collected in bins marked "FOA~1~." This material is compacted in a special "densifier"
machine located behind Cook Commons. The machine can compress up to 8,OQO cups into a 25 pound cube. The cubes
are back-hauled by the distributor, and then transported to a special recycling facility in Pennsylvania. The foam is
recycled into new products such as plastic lumber and durable hoods.
At tl~i~ rime. foam n~lv~tvrene cues and elates are only collected in the Billin~slCook Commons vicinity because this is