After reading the forum post regarding plastic recycling, Plant pots etc it got me thinking.. Is there actually a market for a "private company" to delve in too.
And from what i can make out my answer is going to be yes on volume.
At present prices for mixed plastic loads per tonne are actually a lot more lucrative than mixed metal which has slumped to a measly £70 a tonne over the last few weeks..And they rise dependant on types of plastic. Clear plastic, for example coke bottles are around £350 a tonne.
However there must be a reason against it working or someone would have done it by now.
The only reasons i can think of is the sheer volume you would need to collect to accumulate a tonne's worth of a specific plastic.. Or is it the vast number of plastic types that would clearly be difficult to keep separate.
But to me, both these problems are solved with a bit of education and careful planning.
Or am i missing something plainly obvious?
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