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    Has anyone tried these guys???

    Plastic Recycling: How it works

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    Quote Originally Posted by NHscrapman View Post
    Has anyone tried these guys???

    Plastic Recycling: How it works
    As far as plastics go, it's pretty much worthless unless you have a full truck load (ie. semi trailer load, sorted, white/colors, loose in boxes) or a sea container load (sorted, white/colors, baled).

    Even then, it needs to be a container load of all one color unless you find someone who will do a mixed load.

    Near me is a recycler that will take it at $ .03 (colored, loose) to $ .04 (white loose).

    As much as I generate, that's a rip (though they will bale it for $ .03 and I can then sell it to whoever).

    If you're only getting a couple of gaylords a month something like that may be OK.

    You can get rid of it and recoup the gas money at least.
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    Really wow that's really shocking I was reading sorted and colored HIPS plastic was going for like.26 but maybe I need to reconsider my source I have spent hours sorting HIPS ABS ect ect and then sorting it by color but for .03 a pound I think I wasted my time

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