Address:
Phepha Recycling
Your Recycle Exchange
Plastic Recycling
Why should you recycle plastic?
- 1. It takes 10% of the fossil fuels to manufacture plastic than it does to recycle it, whereas the recovery rates are the same.
- 2. Plastic is not biodegradable.
- 3. Aquatic life eat plastic bags, plankton, and other small pieces of plastic, which can make it impossible for the fish to consume food and absorb oxygen, leading to death.
- 4. Paper bags require 13 times more energy and produce 13 times more air and water pollution than plastic bags.
- 5. Plastic products can last up to, and sometimes in excess of, 100 years in a landfill.
- 6. We will pay you to help save our planet.
FAQ
Everything you need to know so you can start recycling like a pro.
PET | Plastic: the most readily recyclable material at this time. It includes 1- and 2- liter clear soft drink bottles, as well as some bottles containing liquor, liquid cleaners, detergents and antacids.
HDPE | Plastic: currently recyclable in some areas. This class includes milk, juice, and water jugs, base cups for some plastic soda bottles, as well as bottles for laundry detergent, fabric softener, lotion, motor oil, and antifreeze.
LDPE | Plastic: product list includes grocery bags, bread bags, trash bags, and a variety of other film products. LDPE is currently being recycled by some of the major retail chains.
LLDPE | Plastic: used for plastic bags and sheets (where it allows using lower thickness than comparable LDPE), plastic wrap, stretch wrap, pouches, toys, covers, lids, pipes, buckets and containers, covering of cables, geomembranes and mainly flexible tubing.
Polyprop | Plastic: product range includes a wide variety of packaging such as yogurt containers, shampoo bottles, and margarine tubs. Also cereal box liners, rope and strapping, combs, and battery cases.
Contact us about Plastic Recycling
Please send us your questions, and we will gladly assist.
20 Birmingham St, Benoni South, Benoni, 1501
Phone:
011 422 6032
Email:
info@phepha.co.za
