A five-month pilot program turning unrecyclable plastic into construction blocks has seen immense buy-in from residents. Now, one council member wants to make it a permanent city program.
Nicole Ludden One Tucson City Council member’s test run of a program to turn residents’ discarded plastic into construction-grade building material has seen significant buy-in, paving a potential path for a permanent plastic reuse program in the city.
Now, the councilman is continuing to collect plastic at his ward office at 3202 E. First St. with hopes to iron out the logistics of making the program a permanent city service. The idea, according to Kujawa, “is solving the global plastic problem locally.” Area residents collect their plastic to be turned into construction material for local projects.
Preliminary considerations are to bring ByFusion’s Blocker machine to Tucson and dedicate a facility to create the blocks for local construction. While Kujawa said it’s not certain what the cost of manufacturing a machine to bring to Tucson would be, it is “a sizable investment,” she said. Plastic pick upKozachik says he’s seen people from all corners of Pima County drive to his roll-off bin to dump their plastic. Continuing the program could come with expanded drop-off locations throughout the city — similar to its glass drop-off locations set up when Tucson decided to remove glass from its curbside recycling program.
“We've tried other companies for recycling for years, and they couldn't take it because of glue or adhesive, and ByFusion was like the perfect opportunity. They don't care what's on it,” said Wendy Pawlak, the administrative and regulatory assistant at Poly Print.
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