Hi folks -
Recently I was having a "discussion" with my wife (she'd say lecturing) regarding the need to maximize our recycling efforts, she turned to me and said "This from the man that has a basement full of plastic models!"
I was stumped for a second then I quickly responded "Well, see I'm taking plastic out of the landfills by buying these [mostly old] kits". It worked for the moment, but it did start me thinking ![Whistling [:-^]](/emoticons/icon_smile_whistling.gif)
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Conservatively, there are thousands of styrene plastic models for sale on ebay and other auction sites and thousands more are procuced every year. Styrene plastic being a petroleum derivative contributes to the use of an ever dwindling resource with global weather and waste consequences.
Is the industry as a whole doing anything to remove petroleum from the plastic equation? I know some inks and paints are being produced using "greener" oil sources such as soy and other plant derived oils, has anyone heard of any such efforts from the styrene industry and is there any mechanism available to make suggestions to the industry?
Just trying to do my part ![Blush [:I]](/emoticons/icon_smile_blush.gif)
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