Recycling
2 January 2021

HDPE (film) recycle

HDPE, like all types of 'virgin' plastic, is made from oil. It is therefore also not biodegradable or compostable (read more about these topics on the page: What are bioplastics?). HDPE-film is, however, eminently recyclable. For high-quality recycling into A-class materials, it must meet a number of conditions:

  • The film should consist of one type of material, i.e. not laminated with other materials such as aluminium.
  • The film should not be too contaminated.
  • The film must be separately collected or post-separated

Recycling of films can be encouraged by designing more products from a material and by collecting clean streams separately on a larger scale.

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