MIXED BOTTLE SPECIFICATION
AWS purchase and process large quantities of mixed plastic bottles. Typically the post consumer bottles are generated when segregated from kerbside collection waste streams and bring banks.
Indicated below is the typical Mixed Plastic Botttle specification we would expect to see for material purchased for processing at our Hemswell plant.
40-50% Natural HDPE Bottle
Milk Bottles
35-45% PET bottles
Mainly clear and blue tint but also a percentage of green, heavy blue and other coloured Pet bottles.
5-10% Other Plastics
Bottles other than HDPE and PET ie ketchup and shampoo bottles. Also permissible are non bottle plastics such as butter and yoghurt pots, mushroom and strawberry punetts, trays etc
0.5 - 1% Out Throw
Any material other than plastic such as paper, cardboard, metal, wood and general refuse.
5-10% Coloured HDPE Bottles
Mainly detergent bottles
The equipment at Hemswell allows for accurate analysis of incoming material. All loads are checked for quality and ongoing prices paid reflect the quality of the incoming material.