Boise, Idaho, Assesses Hefty EnergyBag Program

SEATTLE (Waste 360): The city of Boise, Idaho, announced that because of facility upgrades and delays, Salt Lake City-based Renewlogy will not be able to process plastics from the city’s Hefty EnergyBag program until later on this summer or early fall.

The hard-to-recycle plastics sent in the orange EnergyBags to Renewlogy were converted into an energy resource. Program administrators have searched for alternative markets to send the plastics; the most promising alternative was cement manufacturing facilities, Idaho Pressreports. In the meantime, according to the report, a lifecycle analysis will be completed determining the environmental implications of using plastic as fuel in cement production.

In January 2018, the city of Boise was awarded a $50,000 grant from Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastic and Keep America Beautiful to establish the Hefty EnergyBag grant program in its communities, expand its recycling efforts and find a new home for materials no longer accepted by China.

Courtesy: www.waste360.com