In the current process for recycling these high-density polyethylene, or HDPE, plastics, much of the material's properties are lost, so recycling can be repeated only two or three times.

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During 2012, the collection of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) bottles increased by 45.3 million pounds to top 1 billion pounds for the first time. The increase pushed the HDPE bottle recycling rate ...

TORONTO (Oct. 10, 9:30 a.m. ET) — For the second straight year, post-consumer high density polyethylene recycling has remained stagnant. The North American recycling rate for HDPE remained at 29 ...

HDPE—high-density polyethylene, found in milk jugs and detergent containers—is number 2. About 27% of HDPE bottles and jugs were bought by reprocessors or exported for recycling in 2022 ...

The biggest market for HDPE is building and construction and automotive is the main outlet for PP. The recent HDPE and PP report supplements the data for recycling capabilities for PET at 2 million ...

Handling high-density polyethylene -- known as HDPE, which has a No. 2 recycling symbol -- requires a large amount of resources.

For the second straight year, post-consumer high density polyethylene recycling has remained stagnant. The U.S. recycling rate for HDPE remained at 29.9 percent in 2011 with pounds recycled ...

DUBLIN, August 23, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --The 'Global HDPE Packaging Market Analysis & Trends - Industry Forecast to 2025' report has been added to R... Menu icon A vertical stack of three evenly ...