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Los plásticos y el medio ambiente en la feriaChronicle of Equiplast 2002
Plastics and the environment at the fair
Cicloplast presented at the Equiplast Pavilion exhibition entitled 'Plastics and environment', which you could see the important changes in the environmental issues in our country in recent years. He stood out as novelty regards the selective collection and recycling of plastic construction waste, with special emphasis on pipes and, in particular, those of PVC.
Through its presence with the traveling exhibition at the Equiplast fair, Cicloplast wanted, on the one hand, report of "the unknown" plastic materials. And, on the other hand, be in good environmental practices for recycling plastic waste.
There were also several very unique and striking objects made from recycled plastic.
The objective was to tell us what and where are these plastic materials in our daily lives, show us your applications from the most simple and everyday to the most spectacular, how to manufacture plastic objects, let us know how plastics are handledits recovery and recycling, as well as the importance of citizen participation in selective collection in the yellow igloo.
During the year 2001, Spain reached 19% of plastics recycling, surpassing by four percentage points, to the legal objective of the directive and the Spanish law (15%). 414,000 Tons of plastic packaging waste, of which 57% is recycled, and the rest, to energy recovery were recovered (diverted from landfill).
Recycling plastic pipes
One of the panels showed the experience Ciclotub 2002, under the direction and coordination of AseTUB and Cicloplast, involving the selective collection and recycling of plastics from construction in Catalonia, with special emphasis on the pipes andin particular, those of PVC. Ciclotub 2002 had the valuable collaboration of the Board of waste and the technological Institute of the construction of Catalonia, being expected to continue acting in the course of 2003.
During the pilot project, developed in 2002, Ciclotub has meant:
• follow-up to 7 works of construction and demolition 2,
• the analysis of flows of waste arising to authorized transfer centers, plants of triage and controlled landfills and
• the assessment of the capacity of recycling plastic waste from construction to close the cycle.
This initiative of the plastics sector, does not meet legal obligation any. It represents, therefore, the proactive attitude of the industrial plastics, producers and transformers United, for the benefit of the environment and, in particular in the promotion of recycling of the waste resulting from their products
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