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‘Large or XL?’ Kevin Santoro, trader at Cronimet Corporation in the US was
handing out t-shirts to promote the company. ‘Take five if you want, we have
so many.’
It was a great show with ‘many new leads’ for the team of New Jersey based
Eagle Trans Shipping & Logistics, Recycling International’s neighbours on the
ISRI2022 expo floor.
The Adams family (owners of SA Recycling), from left to right Tyler, Joan,
George, Kalvin, Leslie and Terry.
A great eye-catcher on the ISRI stand from recycling equipment pro-
vider and recycler Sierra: a live podcast, ‘Pile Of Scrap’, hosted by
Sierra’s ceo John Sacco. His guests were Ani Nishanian and Namira
Meghla, winners of an educational school project on recycling.
ZB Group’s Lander Arrieta (right) and Angel Montero.
Patiently waiting for lunch buffet to open.
‘Lots of people think the industry is
broken; we know that’s not true,’
insists Robberson. ‘However, society’s
slow-speed race to do the right thing
tends to throw us off balance.’ He
founded Kamilo to help map the flow
of plastics and put a sustainable busi-
ness model of plastics recycling ‘out in
the open’. He argues: ‘You can’t man-
age what you don’t measure. And if
people can see what you’re doing –
very transparently – they will have
more faith in recycling.’
In his view, politicians and consumers
need proof to develop a solid under-
standing of plastic scrap. ‘Science,
transparency and practical hands-on
information can help back up our best
practices so we can reach the next
level.’ Robberson believes that ban-
ning single-use plastic straws is ‘most-
ly symbolic’.
STRANGE BEDFELLOWS
The Las Vegas audience nods in
agreement when he talks of a love-
hate relationship between the chemi-
cal sector and recyclers. Some recy-
cling companies admit they are ‘torn’,
not wholeheartedly criticising waste-
to-fuel or incineration. ‘It seems we
must reach a compromise – we have
some strange bedfellows,’ the busi-
nessman laughs.
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