HDPE:
(High Density Polyethylene) – HDPE is the most common polyethylene used in industry. Generally used as a sheathing material where it provides high resistance to water penetration, excellent impact resistance and high tensile strength. It has low coefficient of friction and and is abrasion resistant.
HDPE Regrind (HDPE Flakes):
High Density Polyethylene is easily recycled. Manufacturers usually buy HDPE Scrap and convert it into granules or pellets, then feed that into the production line as raw material.
Even easier and more cost effective way is to grind the plastic into “HDPE Regrind” and use that as raw material to create new HDPE products. HDPE Regrind can be mixed or sorted by color.
How we make the HDPE Regrind:
Baled HDPE scrap (bottles, barrels, postconsumer, etc.) are sent to our reclaimers that process post-consumer HDPE plastic into a form that can be used by converters or end-users. At a reclamation plant incoming baled HDPE scrap passes through a series of sorting and cleaning stages to separate HDPE from other materials that may be contained or from contaminants that might be present.
The HDPE grinding process steps:
Incoming HDPE bales are broken 
apart either manually or automatically, to produce a stream of individual scrap items for sorting. After debaling, HDPE scrap passes through a trommel (rotating) screen to remove dirt, stones and rocks, metals, or other physical contaminants that might be present. HDPE then passes via conveyor through manual or automated sorting system to remove non-HDPE plastic and other identifiable contaminants (film plastics, glass or metal containers, rocks etc.) to yield a clean stream of HDPE for further processing. The conveyor is equipped with magnets for ferrous metal removal. HDPE material is then shreaded into pieces. Shredding of the plastic into strips also assists in removing large metal contaminants that might be trapped inside HDPE items before grinding, which could cause damage to the grinder, and provides a more uniform feed stream for, granulating equipment. The granulating process frees other contaminants present on or in the HDPE scrap and loosens paper and plastic labels. Shredding results in the production of a more uniform particle size / flake by the granulator.
HDPE Regrind Prices:
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