Can i get money from recycling plastic the same way i recycle aluminum cans?
I was just wondering, because i have so many more plastic bottles than aluminum.
I was just wondering, because i have so many more plastic bottles than aluminum.
I think generally the answer is no. Different materials for recycling have different values and the value of plastic for recycling is so low that it only adds up to a worthwhile figure when the quantities are enormous.
But it is still important to recycle plastic because of the damage that discarded plastic can do. It takes hundreds of years to decompose and in the meantime disfigures the environment and is damaging to wild life.
Better even than recycling is to minimise the quantities that you buy. For example instead of buying bottled water use one of your spare bottles and fill it with water from your tap (faucet). Such water is generally perfectly fit to drink in the developed world.
Best wishes for a more sustainable world.
I guess that it depends upon where you live. Check with your town or county about recyclers in the area. Ask them who are the local companies that pay for recycled plastic and contact them.
If you already recycle aluminum, check with that company too.
No. Recycling plastics isn’t as profitable as recycling metals…in many cases it is unprofitable. The typical recycler just cannot afford to pay for post-consumer plastic. Besides metals, many private recycling businesses will pay for corrugated cardboard, newspapers and white office paper (aka office pak). Contact your local recycling companies for details.
Plastic will require a higher minimum weight to cash in. So you better have a tractor load before you go otherwise you will get turned away.