plastic

• Packaging and Non-Packaging Film
• Chunks
• Lumps
• Offgrade Pellets
• Surplus Virgin Material
• Reprocessed
• Regrind
• Unground

The Greenstar service includes:

• Analysis of plastic to establish if suitable for recycling
• Collection of plastics
• Plastics must be segregated into different plastic types at source
• Materials shred / granulated
• Different shred size capacity
• Plastics bulked according to type
• Plastics baled or bagged dependent on plastic type
• All materials weighed before and after processing
• Markets for different materials
• Issue certificates of recycling
• Flexible solution provider to the clients needs
• Greenstar has established strong relationships with exclusively certified partners and brokers worldwide

Advantages of shredding / plastic recycling

• Size reduction, volume reduction, granulation
• Easier mechanical handling
• Transport cost savings
• Presented to end user recycler in a more workable form
• Provides value to waste
• Total destruction if required
• Diverting material away from landfill
• Reduces persistence in the environment
• Reduces energy consumption
• Conserves fossil fuels
• Reduces greenhouse gas emissions

Typical plastics, which may need destruction / recycling:

• End of line/life materials
• Production quality failure (rejects)
• Product obsolescence
• Branded plastics
• End users obsolete plastics
• All scrap plastics
• Excess inventory
• Obsolete inventory
• Defective products

In general, all plastics are accepted. However, here is a listing of the more common plastics recycled:

• Low Density Polyethyene (LDPE)
• High Density Polyethylene (HDPE)
• Polypropylene (PP)
• Polycarbonate (PC)
• Polystyrene (PS)
• Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET)
• Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC)
• High Impact Polystyrene (HIPS)
• Acrylonitrile Butadeine Styrene (ABS) PC/ABS
• Nylon
• Acrylic