If plastics recycling isn't taking off, that's in part because scrap plastic isn't worth much--and it isn't worth much because handling it consumes gobs of labor, energy and other precious resources.

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While it is legal to export plastics for recycling in some countries, it is illegal to export waste.

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Bloomberg is expected to use part of his address to push initiatives that would increase the number of parking spaces for electric cars and begin recycling more plastics and food waste.

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Next, Method teamed with like-minded Envision Plastics, which created a new recycling process, combining a minimum of 10 percent of ocean plastic with regular curbside recycled plastic to create higher quality bottles.

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It might entail getting governments to expand recycling programs and accommodate bio-plastics in the marketplace.

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Guernsey's recycling centre has started accepting 'rigid plastics', which includes buckets, children's toys and garden furniture.

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By tackling the harder problem of recycling ocean plastic, Method hopes to raise awareness about the greater need to use post-consumer plastics.

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The recycling process involved several steps including the removal of oil and wastewater from the collected booms, preparing the plastics for die-mold production and ultimately creating the components.

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