 Polyprint will gladly recycle both printed and unprinted polythene wrappers and bags from whatever source, provided all paper labels sellotape, sticky residue, food remnants and foreign objects have been removed. The only exception to this is polythene marked as “degradable”. Unfortunately, the majority of this material is not as it would seem, as in most cases it is the additive which degrades and then only under perfect conditions. If any of this material is known to be present in a batch destined for recycling (e.g. Tesco carrier bags), then the whole batch will be rejected and sent to a landfill site. Polyprint stress that their facilities purely cover the handling of polythene rather than cellophane, PVC, nylon, PET etc. These materials can normally be differentiated from polythene because they are usually glass clear in appearance and sound “crinkly” when touched. Polythene will also stretch fairly easily whereas the other products do not. The recycling codes that apply to our process are numbers 2 and 4. It takes approximately 200,000 polythene wrappers to make one tonne of recyclable waste, all of which have to be sorted by hand. After being recycled, the polythene can be used in various ways, often being turned into black plastic bin liners and fertiliser sacks. Due to the low commercial value of waste polythene Polyprint operate this service at a loss and are therefore unable to assist with carriage costs. They are happy to continue with the project as a service to the community and to help protect the environment. POLYPRINT MAILING
FILMS TEL: 01603 721807 FAX:01603 721813 email: jneville@polyprint.co.uk
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