car plastic

**dentcare** · 03-03-2012, 04:51 PM

is their any value in car plastics such as bumpers and lights other than resale as used parts

**wescrapmetal** · 03-03-2012, 05:43 PM

Shred weight

**BurlyGuys** · 03-03-2012, 06:26 PM

Shred plastic? Or throw it in with the scrap metal when scrapping a car? I service a couple of collision shops and their plastic parts go into the dumpster.

**wescrapmetal** · 03-03-2012, 06:55 PM

my yard takes it with the cars i asked him as i had a couple that were off the car when i picked them up. yard told me it was fine to throw them in he said they dont weigh enough to make a difference

**dentcare** · 03-03-2012, 08:42 PM

I was looking for value in the plastic. I have heard there may be companies that take plastic bumpers but I don't have any names

**Primo** · 03-04-2012, 04:22 PM

If you have enough of it it's certainly worth something.

When I worked in plastics brokering we had a load of the bumper material.

I forget what it was called but, I believe it was a combination of HDPE and HMW.

At the time it was something like $ .15.

That was for truckload quantities though.

Plastic recycling is big business.

If you do some research in your area I'm sure you could find a buyer.