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    What to do with waste????

    In my business I have a lot of waste. The plastic from the wire is just sitting in the trash. Now I am thinking that there has to be a way to recycle this and if so then there has to be someone who is willing to pay for this stuff. Any ideas???

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    Look for polymer or plastics companies. Some of them will buy plastic and others will simply accept it for recycling. I have a plastics company that accepts all of our ABS from electronics. They actually buy it but it takes quite a while to make any kind of real money from it.

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    http://www.plasticrecyclingtech.com/purchasing.php
    http://www.missouriplastics.com/plastics.html
    And there's a lot more on the web, just gotta use the right wording to find them.
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    Try this company:
    Vikoz Enterprises
    http://www.vikoz.com
    The contact there is
    Lorin Hanks
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    Ph: 801-673-3719
    Fax: 801-446-9142
    Em: lorinhanks@vikoz.com

    Their minimum buy amount is 15k pounds. They pay $.05-.10/lb depending on the type of plastic material. I believe they offer pickup service in the NJ/PA as they have a location around here somewhere.
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    I don't think the average person has 15k pounds of plastic laying around... I think I have about 10lbs I've been saving for awhile.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Scrap man View Post
    I don't think the average person has 15k pounds of plastic laying around... I think I have about 10lbs I've been saving for awhile.
    I only posted that because I know he is a large processor who generates a lot of plastic waste.

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    Ah. I thought it was meant as a general statement.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Scrap man View Post
    I don't think the average person has 15k pounds of plastic laying around... I think I have about 10lbs I've been saving for awhile.
    I process about 20-30k pounds a week in wire. This is good info guys thanks a lot!

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    Quote Originally Posted by CLR Solutions View Post
    I only posted that because I know he is a large processor who generates a lot of plastic waste.
    Good information, someday one or more of the curbers from this vary forum may hit it big time.

    For instance Ed Jackson who owns Amix Salvage, started out with a pick up truck in Penticton where he rented some land on the Indian Reserve, a tradition the company still practices with any new yards they open up in B.C.

    On several occasions I myself have rented land from various Reserves to operate my scrap operations from.

    If the Chief and counsel are willing to draw up a land lease make sure that the Department of Indian Affairs dots your I's and crosses your t's to seal the agreement.

    Approximately 1/3 of the business's in Salmon Arm B.C. are situated on Indian land.

    Amix Salvage in Surrey is on Indian Land, a very successful lease for both parties.

    http://www.amix.ca/
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    I thought I would bring this back up to the front for the benefit of High Voltage, he generates a lot of plastic scrap and wanted to know what to do with it. Well just build one of these balers and you could stack the bales till you had enough for the plastic buyer to come get it. I'll bet it would compress down real well.
    http://www.scrapmetalforum.com/showt...=plastic+baler

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