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That 1.3 number is generally accurate, it varies a bit by type of plastic and end-item requirements. BUT, that 30%, it’s not post-consumer recycled plastic. I
by double0jimb0 6y ago
That 1.3 number is generally accurate, it varies a bit by type of plastic and end-item requirements.
BUT, that 30%, it’s not post-consumer recycled plastic.
It’s the manufacture grinding up the runners, sprues, and bad parts. In the industry it’s called “regrind”. [0]
So if they were trying to tell you it was post-consumer, that was probably misleading.
(Products that use post-consumer recycled plastic will almost always say so, as it is a marketing angle)
[0] https://knowledge.ulprospector.com/1468/pe-regrinding-plastics/ https://knowledge.ulprospector.com/1468/pe-regrinding-plasti...
- PaulKeeble 6y agoCorrect it is about the process and a lot of post consumer plastic isn't in practice recycleable at all. Its the absolute best case number and in practice its more like 10% or 1.1 uses as a result as far as I can tell from the various articles on it this year.