Type: Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET, PETE)

Properties: Clarity, strength, toughness, barrier to gas and moisture.

Common Packaging Applications: Soft drink, water and salad dressing bottles; peanut butter and jam jars
Type: High Density Polyethylene (HDPE)

Properties: Stiffness, strength, toughness, resistance to moisture, permeability to gas.

Common Packaging Applications: Milk, juice and water bottles; yogurt and margarine tubs; trash and retail bags.
Type: Polyvinyl Chloride (V)

Properties: Versatility, clarity, ease of blending, strength, toughness.

Common Packaging Applications: Juice bottles; cling films
Type: Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE)

Properties: Ease of processing, strength, toughness, flexibility, ease of sealing, barrier to moisture.

Common Packaging Applications: Frozen food bags; squeezable bottles, e.g. honey, mustard; cling films; flexible container lids.
Type: Polypropylene (PP)

Properties: Strength, toughness, resistance to heat, chemicals, grease and oil, versatile, barrier to moisture.

Common Packaging Applications: Reusable microwaveable ware; kitchenware; yogurt containers; margarine tubs; microwaveable disposable take-away containers; disposable cups and plates.
Type: Polystyrene (PS)

Properties: Versatility, clarity, easily formed

Common Packaging Applications: Egg cartons; disposable cups, plates, trays and cutlery; disposable take-away containers; yogurt and margarine containers
Type: Other

Properties: Dependent on polymers or combination or polymers.

Common Packaging Applications: Beverage bottles; baby milk bottles.

Sell Plastic to Us

Filed under Plastics

…  Suppliers capable to supply the above mentioned plastic material in prime, recycled or scrap form, must regster their willingness to do so by issuing the …

HDPE Plastics

Filed under HDPE, Plastics

…  tubs, it may surprise some readers to learn that HDPE plastic actually begins life as thick black crude oil pumped out of the …  well to recycling, and a great deal of reprocessed HDPE, recycled HDPE, and regrind HDPE is available on the market. The bulk of recycled HDPE plastics are post consumer scrap reclaimed from kerbside …

HDPE Regrind

Filed under HDPE

…  HDPE which has been washed, shredded, and is ready to be recycled into HDPE pellets or granules, or alternatively melted down and used …  from food scraps to metals to glass and even other plastics. Because the kerbside pickup recycling process from which the bulk of …

Recycled HDPE Pellets (Repro HDPE)

Filed under HDPE

…  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 …  reclaimed from industrial sources, coming in the form of plastic drums, or off cuts and rejected malformed HDPE products from consumer …

Post Consumer Scrap HDPE

Filed under Glossary, HDPE

…  taken place during the life of the HDPE prior to being recycled. So then, why is scrap HDPE not being used in more applications? …  however, as over the years demands for various types of plastics increase, and plastics that were once deemed unrecyclable become …

Raw Polymers Ltd

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…  Polymers Ltd is a global seller of thermoplastic polymers. We specialize in the following material: High Density …  the highest quality Prime (Virgin) resins, as well as Recycled (shredded or pelletized) plastic material.  We also supply post-industrial sorted and baled scrap for …

HDPE Regrind

Filed under Glossary, HDPE

…  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 …  can be between 25-100%. HDPE post consumer regrind is recycled High Density Poly Ethylene cut into small pieces. The HDPE regrind can …

What are Polymers / Plastics?

Filed under Plastics

…  or more popular name Plastics are substances containing a large number of structural units joined by …  than the aluminum, copper and steel industries combined. Plastics which are most widely used today are: High Density Polyethylene …  drink bottles and honey jars. Soft drink bottles can be recycled into clothing fibre. It has very high impact resistance and modest …