F.A.Q.

The amount you receive for your scrap plastic depends on the type of scrap plastic you are recycling and the weight of the scrap plastic. You can use our easy Our Pricing Table to work out how much money you’ll get for your scrap plastic.

The short answer: Not if you follow the proper precautions!

The long answer: We’ve been working with plastics since 1994. Our engineering team has been ensuring we are working with plastics safely – this has involved developing a comprehensive knowledge of the various materials and processes. We choose to work with ‘safe’ plastics, ensuring they are kept under their respective burning temperatures, and work in a very well ventilated space where we also monitor for air quality.

The ability to reprocess plastic centers around quality. Plastic is a strong material and, if clean and correctly sorted, in theory (and dependent on the type) it should be able to be recycled many times! If processed with care, it’s said that plastic can be remanufactured around 10 times.

Ideally however, products created are long-lasting items, which in turn reduces the energy usage and time required to create another product.

Post-Consumer Plastic:
Derived from an end product that has already passed through to the consumer.

Pre-Consumer Plastic (also known as Post-Industrial):
The reclamation of waste materials that were created during the manufacturing process.

Yes and we highly recommend doing this where possible. For most of our customers, we can remove mixed waste all on the same truck. This may include plastics and packaging. All we ask is that it’s segregated when baled or palletized.

Usually we collect a minimum of 4-5 tonnes of waste plastic, cardboard or paper. This does vary slightly depending on the quantity, quality and type of waste material.