Sunday, March 30, 2008

Recycling, High Density Polyethylene (HDPE)

Recycled Polymers, HDPE or High Density Polyethylene commonly used plastic, made of petroleum. It is one of a class of plastic resins obtained by polymerizing the gas ethylene. It takes 1.75 kilograms of petroleum (in terms of energy and raw materials) to make one kilogram of HDPE.

HDPE is used commonly for packaging applications, wherein it is intended to avoid containment of C02 or Oxygen. HDPE, due to its high density, is resistant to many solvent. That’s why is has variety of applications. Mostly containers contained HDPE, such as Tupperware, Laundry detergent bottles, Milk jugs, Fuel Tanks for vehicles, plastic chairs, and plastic bags.

Since HPDE is common used now a days, as we used it everyday to safeguard our food, place our items from grocery store, or even to make everything intact, we tend to accumulate plastic bags, containers or bottles that is a HDPE. With so much to deposit of it in our kitchen or backyard we sometimes find it disgusting. Since it is important to keep everything in place, and to save Mother Earth, we need to do proper disposal, or a better way is to recycle it.

There are so many ways to recycle HDPE: (A) Of course, the common thing is re-use it, with proper sanitation; or (B) Sell it to Junk Vendor to earn money.

There are a lot of opportunities for scrap HDPE. A new market opens for Scrap HDPE, Recycled Polymers, around the world, as it is recycled and re-processed. Thus, a money making opportunities since there is a high demand for scrap HPDE. But the great thing about recycling HDPE is saving Mother Earth.



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