At iSustain, we work with our clients to ensure they are producing as little landfill waste as possible. A recent study shows that food waste has increased by 50% since 1974 and forty percent of the food that is produced…
Plastics in Our Oceans are a Problem: We’re Here to Provide a Solution Here at iSustain, we are committed to developing creative recycling solutions that are designed to address the unique recycling and waste issues that our changing world…
The Problem: China’s Import Ban on Recyclables Adversely Affecting Domestic Recyclers Since the 1980s China had imported more than half the world’s annual recyclables, including (according to Greenpeace) an average of almost 9 million metric tons of plastic scrap per year. According…
A Creative Solution for a Retail Chain Spending Too Much on Waste Removal By now you already know that iSustain offers creative solutions for Recycling, but did you know we also offer creative solutions for reducing costs on the removal…
With the “close” of China to waste imports, iSustain saw the need to develop a sorting program in the United States. China offers a ready workforce of low-cost labor to sort recyclables but, with the country’s waste import ban, scrap…
Photo caption: This is what the scrap looks like as we receive it in roll, slab, and trim form. Manufacturers of the printed film generate a certain level of scrap as they print and covert the material for their end…
China has Changed the Plastic Recycling Landscape Since 2013, China has continually cracked down on the quality of the plastic scrap they import through the use of import bans like Green Fence and National Sword. As the largest consumer…
