How is it recycled?
Plastics are:
- Sorted by polymer type
- Shredded
- Washed
- Melted
- Pelletised
- Made into new products.
It is a two-stage process:
- Sorting is mainly done automatically with a manual sort to ensure all contaminants have been removed
- Once sorted and cleaned, plastic can either be shredded into flakes or melt processed to form pellets before finally being moulded into new products.
*******************************************************************************
https://www.recyclenow.com/recycling-knowledge/how-is-it-recycled/plastics