The hope of an environmentally conscious O&P field may be realized, thanks to Don James Edmondson, Jr., RTP, who has been researching and masterminding development of an O&P-specific wholesale recycling company. “We plan to focus on the raw-material waste in fabrication and manufacturing. My biggest problem is plaster. Our industry goes through hundreds of tons of it each year, and it drives me crazy to think we’re only getting essentially one use out of this material before sending it off to a landfill.
