Recycling Plastic Waste
Recycling plastic waste is nothing new but when the plastic waste is industrial in capacity and size, the process isn’t as simple as tossing it in a bin. Whether it’s PVC, vinyl or polyethylene, each type of plastic has its own unique properties and it’s important to understand this when going through the process of recycling plastic waste.
Recycling plastic waste is PVC Enterprise’s specialty but we’re also here to help with background information on the different kinds of plastic that we most often work with: Polyethylene, Vinyl and PVC.
PVC recycling is a tricky business but with proven success. PVC is produced upwards of 20 million tons per year worldwide but because of the chemical construct and manipulation of PVC during production, this type…
Vinyl recycling has infinite potential because many finished vinyl products contain some quantity of this recycled plastic. In fact, a study conducted in 1989 by the University of Toledo found that recycling vinyl could lead…