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Senior Counsel James Asali Published in Recycling Magazine
In an article published in the International Summer 2024 issue of Recycling Magazine, Philadelphia-based Senior Counsel James Asali discussed the plastic pollution crisis and urges the need for better practices in waste management systems. In addition to his role at our firm, Asali has served as President and CEO of Pack Green Coalition since January 2022.
Asali explains the differences between mechanical recycling and advanced recycling. He wrote, “Its most prominent proponents contend that is helps move our society toward a more circular economy by processing more difficult-to-recycle plastics than mechanical recycling has been capable of handling.”
“Moreover, real life examples of successfully recycled material generated from pyrolysis have been exceedingly difficult to find in the marketplace,” Asali explained. “Industry responses to such criticisms have focused on pyrolysis’ success in generating oil (not plastic) outputs that keep fossil fuel, which would otherwise be released into the environment, in the ground.”
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