NEWS
EPA denies call to list PVC waste as hazard
Above: The EPA has rejected a call to treat PVC waste as hazardous
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has published a “tentative denial” of a petition that waste PVC materials should be listed as hazardous waste. The decision follows an agreement
the EPA entered into with the peti- tioner — The Center for Biological Diversity — in May last year. It called on the EPA to “promulgate regula- tions governing the safe treatment, storage and disposal of PVC, vinyl chloride and associated dialkyl- and alkylarylesters of 1,2-benzenedicar- boxylic acid, commonly known as phthalate plasticisers.” In its tentative denial, the EPA said: the petition did not provide sufficient evidence to suggest listing PVC as
hazardous waste would have a significant impact on phthalate exposure; had not shown that exposure to phthalates resulted from current waste management practices; had not demonstrated that tighter incineration rules under RCRA would reduce emissions; and had not established proper evidence of plasticiser leaching from discarded PVC. The EPA also said the petition
conflated exposure with hazard and added that the resource-intensive process of listing PVC hazardous waste would preclude it from more pressing hazard programmes. It is requesting public comment. �
www.epa.gov
ACI and Ravago set up $10m Michigan film recycling plant
US-based ACI Plastics is to set up a US10 million post-consumer plastic film-recycling plant in Flint, Michigan. ACI, in partnership with
Luxembourg-based Ravago, will deliver the recycled film – in the form of pellets – to customers across the USA. The plastic film, such as shrink wrap and bags used in product packaging, comes from companies such as Meijer, Amazon, and Walmart.
www.filmandsheet.com
www.brueckner.com At its peak – by later this year – ACI
expects to process 24m lbs of post-consumer plastic film per year with the ability to double that if there is sufficient demand. It says the new plant will create 25-30 new jobs. ACI employs about 120 people at its four locations (two in Flint and one each in South Carolina and Nebraska). �
www.aciplastics.com �
www.ravago.com
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