Recycled Plastics in Infrastructure: Current Practices, Understanding, and Opportunities (2023) / Chapter Skim
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193 9 Major Findings and Recommendations This study of the current and potential use of plastic waste in infrastructure or other applications has yielded a number of major findings and conclusions, with interlinkages and themes among them, and has led the committee to offer recommendations related to these findings and in response to the statement of task. One theme among the findings, and implied in the statement of task, is that plastics at end of use comprise a resource that is being underutilized.
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194 RECYCLED PLASTICS IN INFRASTRUCTURE Life-cycle economic and environmental assessments are needed to inform these policies. MAJOR FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS Current Understanding of the Potential for Recycled Plastics in Infrastructure 1.
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MAJOR FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 195 available in sufficient quantities and with sufficient reliability. Four types of plastics, polyethylene terephthalate, high-density polyethylene, low-density polyethylene, and polypropylene, have properties that make them conducive to use in infrastructure, such as suitable melting point and service temperature ranges, chemical resistance, and strength.
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196 RECYCLED PLASTICS IN INFRASTRUCTURE recyclable by design, for example, by employing novel polymer formulations that are more amenable to recycling and designing plastic products that facilitate separation and sorting in waste streams used for recycling. Promising research to advance such capabilities is being sponsored and conducted by multiple federal agencies, including the U.S.
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MAJOR FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 197 government's lead environmental agency and having primary responsibility for developing and planning the implementation of the 2021 National Recycling Strategy (USEPA 2022a) , USEPA is best positioned to provide the overall strategic leadership, coordination, and support for decision making through information gathering, research, and analysis.
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198 RECYCLED PLASTICS IN INFRASTRUCTURE and reuse. There are significant challenges and needs for all five of the major objectives of the National Recycling Strategy: (a)
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MAJOR FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 199 Recommendation 7 To leverage federal government capabilities, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency should lead in strengthening interagency coordination of federal agencies, including the U.S.
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200 RECYCLED PLASTICS IN INFRASTRUCTURE conjunction with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the recommended interagency working group)
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