Starlight Software Solutions releases cloud-based solutions for Roll-Off operators
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The pilot program, with locations at four Sam’s Clubs in El Paso, Texas, gives consumers cash incentives for recycling PET thermoformed containers. Araujo says PET thermoforms often flow into a mixed plastics bale at material recovery facilities without optical sorting capabilities, after which they may end up in landfills. Receptacles for PET thermoform deposits, designed by Texan by Nature, are located at Sam’s Club parking lots in El Paso. Users also are given the option to donate the money they receive to local charities: Vernon, California-based Green Impact Plastics is working with L&P Scientific Consulting in El Paso to empty the receptacles throughout the duration of the six-month pilot. A video contest with cash prizes for El Paso high school students is being launched in August to engage youth in PET thermoform recycling.