Most plastic waste ends up in landfills and causes pollution rather than being recycled. Mike Biddle noted that with more people wanting more products, recycling plastics is important. He developed a cost-effective system to sort and recycle different types of plastics, which had previously been difficult to separate and recycle effectively.

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Recycling Plastics

2. Most plastic waste is not
recycled leading to large
landfills of garbage and
pollution.
Recycling Plastics Harrison Jakobs

3. “The world is getting to be
a smaller place with more
people in it who want more
and more stuff.”
~ Mike Biddle
Recycling Plastics Harrison Jakobs

4. Mike Biddle devised a cost effective
system that can sort and
recycle plastics.
Recycling Plastics Harrison Jakobs

5. Recycling Plastics Harrison Jakobs
• Plastics are often burned
which produces deadly gases,
dioxins and furans.

6. Recycling Plastics Harrison Jakobs
• There are many different
types and grades of plastic
which makes sorting them
for recycling difficult

7. Recycling Plastics Harrison Jakobs
• The United States Environmental
Protection Agency claims only 8
percent of total plastic waste generated
in 2010 was recycled.