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    Baleing Plastic For Resale?

    Well i would like to know if any body is Baleing there plastic scrap and reselling it, and to Whom? thanks .



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    The problem with baling plastic for resale is that most places want at least a few tons of it per load. I know there are a few people on here who generate that much plastic, but not many. I'd try looking in the phone book for local plastic recyclers if I were you.
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    Well thanks for your idea I guess that i am one of the few, We bail most of our material and i was looking for some referances from companys on this site. I have a few companys that post there buy offers on recycleinme.com But We have not done any business with them yet, we produce quit a bit of plastic and it takes up a lot of space,I have a company that picks it up from us but thet do not pay for the material.

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    I have been looking for 5 years to find someone to buy my mixed abs with no luck. All the recyclers want 20,000 to 40,000 lbs. I do have one guy that takes it but dose not buy it, it dose save me from paying to dump it at the dump.

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    Yes it does save us on dump fees also they take it for free i will advise when i find a buyer thanxs

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    I live a little south of Atlanta and TKO POLYMERS has bought my plastic. I took in two cardboard gaylords in my pickup and they paid 4 1/2 cents a pound for it. Every one else would take it for free but they were the only ones who would buy it. So if you could fill a trailer, they'd give you a better price. The owner told me that face to face so I'd try them. They are nice guys too.

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    Long way to drive for 4.5 cents a lb. Good deal for someone that lives near Atlanta.

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    TKO is too far for me, unfortunately. At this point, I can only take mine to the county recycling for free, which beats paying for disposal at the dump.


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