Recycling going right back into local economy
Distributor demonstrates how plastic is reusedUPDATED 1:34 AM EDT Sep 12, 2013Video Transcript
RECYCLING REDUCES WASTE WITH THE GOAL OF KEEPING OUR ENVIRONMENT CLEAN AND GREEN. MANY OF US DEVOUTLY FILL OUR RECYCLE BINS, NOT KNOWING THAT WE ARE ALSO GIVING A BOOST TO THE ECONOMY WITH OUR ECO- FRIENDLY HABIT. TONIGHT NEWS CHANNEL FIVE'S VANESSA MISCIAGNA OFFERS A FIRST HAND LOOK AT THE ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF RECYCLING. NAT beeps IT'S EASY TO GUESS THE FATE OFALL THE THOUSANDS OF BOTTLES STORED AT THE COCA COLA BOTTLING COMPANY OF NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND DISTRIBUTION CENTER nat factory noise ALL ARE SHIPPED OFF TO BE SOLD, ENJOYED, AND MOST- HOPEFULLY- WILL END UP IN THE RECYCLING BIN... BUT WHAT FOLKS MAY NOT KNOW IS WHAT HAPPENS TO THEM AFTER THEy are TOSSED... ray dubey people don't realize are here and it's right in everybody's back yard THAT'S WHY THE SODA DISTRIBUTOR JOINED WITH OTHER COMPANIES TO SHED LIGHT ON HOW BOTTLES RECYCLED IN NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND ARE TURNED INTO GOODS PRODUCED BY LOCAL BUSINESSES DAVID LAROSA dsitrict manager it's not just recycling, it's taking it through the whole process BOTTLES AND OTHER PLASTICS -- 6.5 MILLION POUNDS LAST YEAR ALONE- RECYCLED AT THE NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND PLANTS ARE PROCESSED INTO CHIPS AND FIBERS THAT ARE SOLD MOSTLY TO COMPANIES NO FURTHER THAN 100 MILES AWAY they turn those plastic bottles and those tomato containers and things into some great products that people are wearing and most don't even realize that what they're wearing is made out of recylced plastic THE NORTH FACE, PATAGONIA, AND NEW BALANCE SHOES-- ALL NEW ENGLAND COMPANIES, ARE USING PLASTIC TO MAKE THEIR PRODUCTS ray something like this going 60 miles from our plant, looking something like this, all are local jobs, all are local economy AND SOME ARE EVEN CLOSER TO HOME... CATHY CARLISLE TEDDY BEAR we have stuffing that we use for all of our bears that are made from plastic bottles RECYCLED PLASTIC FROM LOCAL BOTTLES CAN BE FOUND IN AND ON FURRY BEST FRIENDS RIGHT IN THE REGION -- VERMONT TEDDY BEAR HAS BEEN SOURCING THE MATERIALS FOR A DECADE whereever we can contribute to sustainability, that's our goal one company's end use feeds some other company's beginning A LOCAL CYCLE THAT COMPANIES SAY MAKE A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE... larosa we only have one earth and companies have to consider what kind of impact they have on that environment ..,ONE BOTTLE AT A TIME. IN COLCHESTER, VM NC5 AD LIB REACTION WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK!