Fantastic Plastic

We live in a world of plastic these days. I would put money on the fact that there are more than ten plastic objects within the room you are in right now. It really is everywhere and a major part of our lives.

Plastic has been a problem in the past but luckily that is turning around and we can now produce recycled plastics which can be used to make everyday products.

One of the most common forms of recyclable plastic is HDPE (Density Polyethylene). HDPE is used as raw material in to produce many products that you use on a daily basis including milk bottles, water pipes, and food containers. For manufacturing purposes it can be purchased in various forms like: granules, pellets, film, regrind, or scrap (waste).

It's temperature resistant, alcohol and acid resistant and also resists many oil based fluids plus it's extremely strong and believe it or not was the material originally used for the hula hoop, albeit under a different name.

We have come a long way when t comes to recycling and I believe it is now an essential part of our life and protecting the earth. Companies such as Raw Polymers Ltd specialize in recycling many plastics and provide our manufacturers with the materials we need to make sure that we reuse as much of the stuff as we can. Sadly many plastics are not biodegradable so reuse is a great option.