Revive Energy
Revolutionizing Recycling
What are the different kinds of Plastic?
Did you know that there are 7 different types of plastic? Each of these plastics have their own unique chemical properties. More importantly, each of them are categorized based on how recyclable they are. While plastics #1 and #2 are minimally recyclable the vast majority of #3-#7 are extremely difficult to recycle, often being landfilled.
Revive Energy is fully capable of taking any and all of these plastics and recycling them into electricity to power cities, eliminating them from the earth.
Why Don't More People Recycle?
•Confusion- there are over 7 different types of plastic, only 2 of which are currently recycled.
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•Intimidation by plastic separation- Many Americans are busy and don't have time to study the various types of plastics.
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•Feeling of extra work- Majority of recycling facilities require clean plastic, with lids and often labels removed.
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•Distrust in the recycling industry- There is currently no solution for the majority of plastic that is "recycled" resulting in much of it being thrown in the landfill.
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•Simplification using Revive Energy and an all in one plastic bin, will always increase the recycling rates.
Facts
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At the end of 2018 China stopped accepting the vast majority of America's plastic (nearly 7 million tons).
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“The vast majority of plastic that has ever been produced — 79% — has actually ended up in landfills or scattered around the world or burned, but not refashioned into new products, which is what we hope for when we talk about recycling,”
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“For plastic bags, it's less than 1% of tens of billions that are used in the U.S. alone. And so overall in the U.S., our plastic recycling rate peaked in 2014 at 9.5% so that's less than 10%.”
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Overall in the U.S., our plastic recycling rate peaked in 2014 at 9.5%.
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Plastic production surged from 15 million tons in 1964 to 311 tons in 2014 — an increase of more than 2,000%.
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Currently, more than 300 million tons of new plastic is produced annually and less than 10% is recycled.
Revive Simplifies!
Waste haulers using Revive Energy are finally able to accept all types of plastic in their recycling bins. This allows waste haulers to offer a recycling bin exclusively plastic. Exponentially increasing the rates of recycling by removing all barriers.
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Due to a lack of adequate recycling technology, current plastic recycling only #1 and # 2 plastics can be recycled. The majority of U.S. recycling is doing with an "All-In-One" bins, where all recyclable plastic, metal, and paper and thrown into one bin. These bins serve a great purpose and increase recycling rates across the nation. Unfortunately, they are inefficient the material needs to be separated before being recycled.
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Revive Energy allows haulers to capture any and all plastic without confusing the customer. Haulers can now offer plastic specific bins that can accept all plastic in any condition. Any plastic that comes to Revive Energy will not leave the site. Customers and haulers can rest easy knowing that none of the plastic delivered to Revive Energy will end up in the landfill or ocean.
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Microplastics
Microplastics are incredibly small pieces of plastic, caused by the disintegration of larger pieces. These small harmful plastics are everywhere in the environment. In fact, it is estimated that the average human consumes nearly a credit cards worth of microplastics per week. Revive Energy, using state of the art Pyrolysis, ensures that every piece of plastic of any type, in any condition will not leave the site and guarantees they will not turn into toxic microplastics.
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Microplastics in Our Body- A pilot study in 2018 found for the first time that microplastics are in humans’ digestive tracts. Until this study, we didn’t have any proof that these particles were having a direct impact on us. There is still a lot that we don’t know about the effect and impact plastics can have on our health.
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Microplastics in our Oceans- Studies around the world have found microplastics in every corner of our oceans. Plastic has been found even in the Mariana Trench, the deepest natural trench in the world.
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Microplastics in our Water- Besides our oceans, microplastics can be found in every form of water we have, including drinking water. Recent studies found that 83% of metropolitan tap water contained forms of plastic pollutants. Unfortunately, these particles are not filtered out in many water processing systems.
