Remade South East - Pioneering new markets for waste resources

Pioneering new markets for waste resources


	Ashford Construcion Recycling Project Launch 8am - 10.30am, 15/10/08, Singleton Environmental Centre, Ashford
	Business Link Kent: Environmental Events in Kent

Farm Plastics:

Remade South East are currently undertaking a research project focusing on the collection, storage and recycling of plastic waste produced through farming activity. To read more about this project please click on the link below.

Farm Plastics Information

General Plastics:

In the UK we use over 4,000,000 tonnes of plastic each year. There are two types of plastic. They are:

	Thermosetts - Products like Formica & Bakelite that can be heated & formed only once.
	Thermoplastics - Can be heated & formed many times.

Thermoplastics represent more than 95% of all plastics used and in principle all can be recycled.

Types of Plastic, and their common uses & the products that can be made by recycling them:

	TPET (Polyethylene Terephalate) Bottles Fibre fill for jackets and pillows, the production of fleeces, and pellets back into bottles
	PVC – Cable Scrap, Window frames Road cone bases, cable ducts, conduit and ducting
	LDPE (low Density Polyethylene) Packaging & Cling Film Imitation wood products, damp-proof membranes, packaging film and traffic cones
	HDPE (High Density Polyethylene) Bottles, Crates & general mouldings Imitation wood products, pipes & ducting, water butts & compost bins, car windscreen washer bottles
	Polystyrene – Packaging Imitation wood products and packaging applications

Plastic Fact Sheet :

Plastics Factsheet 1.29mb
1.29mb (56k modem - 4 min 38 s | 512 kbps - 30 secs)

If you are experiencing difficulties with large downloads, please contact Andrew Kent (a.kent@remade-southeast.co.uk).

Farm Plastics:

Farm Plastics Page