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African Recycling Inc is involved in the collection and recycling of a wide range of materials that include; Plastics, Paper, Rubber, and Wood.

Africa Recycling Inc will arrange the collection of your waste material and dispose of it into a clean and environmentally safe process that will include either the local recycling of the waste  or the export of recycling items to our processing facilities oversea's.

Plastics for recycling

The following is a list of plastic items that we handle and process:

·         LDPE

·         LLDPE

·         HDPE,  (FILM OR BOTTLE)

·         PP

·         PET

·         PP/PE

·         PA

·         PS 

·         PC

These items originate from a wide range of different areas such as:

·  Agriculture & Horticulture

Crop cover, Chemical Drums, Feed sacks, Fertilizer sacks, Flower pots, Ground cover, Netting, Poly tunnels, Potato sacks, Seed Trays, Silagewrap, String etc.

·  Commercial Applications:

Bags, Bins, Boxes, Bubble-wrap, Food Trays, LDPE film, Plastic packaging, PP Film, Sandwich Boxes, Shrink wrap, Stretch wrap,  Supermarket plastics, Water bottles,  etc.

·  Construction Industry:

Barriers, Brick covers, Buckets, Bubble Wrap, Cones, Guttering and Pipes,  Film, Plastic Bags, Plastic Wrapping, Timber cover, etc etc...

·  Industrial & Engineering Use's:

Boxes, Buckets, Car bumpers, Crates, Cases, Packaging, Plastic Pallets, Old Computers, Sacks, Wrapping etc

·  Municipal Waste/Collection:

PVC & PE pipes, Guttering, PVC window profile, Soffits, Fascia board, Fencing, LDPE & LLDPE & PP film, Brick cover, DPC sheet, Bottles, Supermarket plastics, Car bumpers, Bread trays, Beer & Milk crates, Plastic containers, Industrial water bottles, Polycarbonate sheeting, Flower pots, Wheelie bins, Toys, TV's, Computers, and Local Authority waste collection scheme plastics, (i.e. bags, boxes, etc.)

Interesting Recycling and Environmental Facts:

  • Recycling 1 ton of paper saves 17 trees, 2 barrels of oil (enough to run the average car for 1,260 miles), 4,100 kilowatts of energy (enough power for the average home for 6 months), 3.2 cubic yards of landfill space, and 60 pounds of air pollution. Trash to Cash
  • Americans throw away enough aluminum to rebuild their entire commercial fleet of airplanes every 3 months. Environmental Defense Fund
  • About 80% of what Americans throw away is recyclable, yet their recycling rate is just 28%. Environmental Protection Agency
  • Over ½ million trees are saved each year by recycling paper in Boulder County alone. Eco-Cycle
  • There are more roads in USA National Forests than the entire U.S. Interstate Highway system. National Forest Protection Alliance
  • Recycling creates 6 times as many jobs as waste landfilling. Colorado Recycles
  • Recycling glass instead of making it from silica sand reduces mining waste by 70%, water use by 50%, and air pollution by 20%. Environmental Defense Fund
  • Recycling just one aluminum can saves enough energy to operate a TV for 3 hours. Eco-Cycle
  • If we recycled all of the newspapers printed in the U.S. on a typical Sunday, we would save 550,000 trees--or about 26 million trees per year. California Department of Conservation
  • The energy saved each year by Steel recycling is equal to the electrical power used by 18 million homes each year - or enough energy to last Los Angeles residents for eight years. Steel Recycling Institute
  • If every household in the U.S. replaced just one roll of 1,000 sheet virgin bathroom tissues with 100% recycled ones, they could save: 373,000 trees, 1.48 million cubic feet of landfill space, and 155 million gallons of water. Seventh Generation Co.
  • The USA is 5% of the world's population but uses 25% of its natural resources. Environmental Protection Agency
       And some people say it does not pay to recycle...!!

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