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How is recycling being used to extend the lifecycle of plastics in Ohio?

Cardboard, paper, and plastic bags move along several large conveyor belts that stretch across a warehouse. At the nearest belt, four men in safety gear pull out items. On a second further belt, another two workers do the same. The equipment stretches into the distance in the large room.
Allie Vugrincic
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WOSU
Workers pull unwanted materials off a conveyor belt during the sorting process for recyclables at the new Rumpke Recycling and Resource Center on Joyce Avenue near Linden. Rumpke calls the 226,000 square-foot facility the largest and most advanced recycling center in North America.

Recycling is the most common way people try to lessen their impact on the environment.

But the process of doing it can be confusing and error-prone, even after all these years.

One of the largest plastics recyclers in North America is located here in Ohio.

Today on All Sides, we’re talking about how people are extending the lifecycle of plastics here in the Buckeye State.

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