Re: Re[2]: [GRRN] Plastic Container Design

Moore Recycling (recycle@rpnet.net)
Wed, 6 Oct 99 15:11:07 +0100


Rodger,
Ithink any award like this should be done in conjuction with the
Association of Post-Consumer Plastic Recyclers (APR). They are the group
that ACTUALLY RECYCLES plastic. They have a design for recycle award
already but there is no money attached to it. You can reach them through
their Executive Director Robin Cotchan at rcotchan@ameriplas.org or this
years President Bill O'Grady of Talco Plastics.

Patty Moore

>I would like to suggest that waste reduction / recycling advocates
>sponsor a competition, open to anyone, to create a specific packaging
>design (fill in the blanks here) that fulfills the usual criteria that
>commercial packaging must meet and that is also technically and
>economically feasible to recycle, reuse or both. The prize for winning
>is a fancy award, huge public accolades, professional recognition and
>respect and, oh yes, maybe even a monetary sum, say $10,000. This sum
>could be raised by 100 people pledging $100 each. I hereby pledge to
>contribute $100 to a fund set up for awarding this kind of competitive
>prize. Once the prize has been awarded, a new design competition is
>announced, I would contribute another $100 to fund the prize (as I hope
>99 other colleagues would as well) and we start a new competitive cycle.
>If engineering students, for example, will work like possessed devils to
>create a better concrete canoe, why not a better package that could have
>very real commercial value?
>
>
>Maybe this would help contribute to the sustainable future we all want.
>Any comments?
>