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Making post consumer plastic into lumber doesn't wipe away the depletion of
non-renewable resources nor the environmental hazards posed by plastic. Sure, we
have all this stuff and let's do something with it, but, if that's the extent of
our conversation regarding plastic, that it is an immutable fact of life like
the sun rising and falling, then we are not doing our job. The evidence of the
harm that plastic's creation has unleashed needs to be addressed first and
foremost. If plastic can be made from renewable resources and in a non-polluting
way, then by all means lets make lumber. Until then, lets figure out how to
clean up the planet.
David Wollner
BRING Recycling
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