~ Mother Earthbeats ~

Okay, now this is pretty serious. Although I am totally against creating products that are dangerous for our health and the environment, I truly believe we must dispose of the containers we are stuck with using in the proper way. And recycling is so very important! People may think “Oh, it is just one little container… it can’t possible cause too much harm”. Wrong! If everybody says that even once, and follows through without recycling, imagine the millions of non-biodegradable objects filling our landfills, or polluting our paths and highways? Where does it end, and how can we stop those littering all over our beautiful Earth?

HDPE (short for High Density Polyethylene) is a commonly used plastic which can be recycled. “HDPE Scrap” is the collected material which is then sold to be recycled.

Recycling HDPE products, especially post consumer products such as shampoo bottles, detergent bottles, fabric softener bottles, and milk bottles saves tonnes of landfill space every year. It is still lamentably true however, that much of the HDPE products produced in North America will not be turned over for recycling, and will find their way into landfills, exacerbating the environmental problems that the USA, much like many other countries, faces on a day to day basis.

It is not only traditional manufacturers who seek to use scrap HDPE in their products either. Environmentalists, and green companies are also turning to scrap HDPE as a source of raw material.

If you do not already have a recycling program in effect in your community, perhaps you can get together with folks and create a way to gather these plastics, as it appears there is a demanding market and a great need for recycled materials. This is an economic as well as environmentally wise path to a greener, cleaner Earth.

Visit Raw Polymers LTD to learn more about finding a market for our recycled plastics.