Ubiquitous in every day life and accounting for the bulk of material used to create milk bottles, laundry detergent bottles, and margarine tubs, it may surprise some readers to learn that HDPE plastic actually begins life as thick black crude oil pumped out of the ground. HDPE plastics are produced from a component of crude [...]

HDPE regrind is scrap HDPE which has been washed, shredded, and is ready to be recycled into HDPE pellets or granules, or alternatively melted down and used as raw material for new applications. The bulk of HDPE regrind originates from reclaimed post consumer HDPE scrap, though it can also be obtained from post industrial sources [...]

HDPE Granules (Virgin HDPE) Virgin HDPE granules are the premium source of HDPE for all HDPE applications. A product of crude oil, virgin HDPE is suitable for use in food packaging, toys, furniture, pipes, and many more applications. Virgin HDPE typically comes in the form of virgin HDPE granules, which must be melted by the [...]

Repro HDPE Pellets Recycled HDPE pellets are HDPE pellets made from reprocessing scrap HDPE. Recycled HDPE pellets are of a similar quality to virgin HDPE pellets in terms of chemical and physical integrity, though there are restrictions on scrap HDPE products being used to package foodstuffs. There is also some risk of contamination or structural [...]

Scrap HDPE is a booming market, and in many cases, demand far outstrips supply. Scrap HDPE is sought after and imported and exported around the world. Some North American manufacturers have even been known to import scrap HDPE from as far afield as Europe and Asia. The demand for scrap HDPE and scrap HDPE byproducts, [...]

HDPE: High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) is used for many packaging applications such as snack food packages and cereal box liners, in bottle form as milk and non-carbonated beverage bottles and in injection-molded tub form, for packaging margarine, whipped toppings and deli foods. HDPE has good chemical resistance, because of that it is also used for [...]

HDPE: High Density Poly Ethylene is a form of recyclable plastic commonly used in consumer product manufacturing. The definition of High Density is anything between 0.941 – 0.965 gram/cc Polyethylene. LDPE has higher temperature resistance, higher stiffness. HDPE provides a good water barrier but it does not hold oxygen or CO2 well. HDPE Use: In [...]

HDPE: It is an abbreviation for High Density Poly Ethylene. Post Consumer Regrind (PCR): PCR is post consumer plastic products that have been recycled, this means they are ground down to be re-used in manufacturing of new products made of the material in question. Level of grinding can be between 25-100%. HDPE post consumer regrind [...]