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Nampak Plastic Bottle Recycling Plant, United Kingdom



The thermoplastic properties of HDPE allow it to be melted down and recycled.


  • The recycled content of the milk cartons will be 30% by 2009 but there is...

  • The HDPE for the recycled milk carton production will come from several sources.

  • Milk cartons will be collected from households via recycling schemes.

  • It requires 1.75kg of crude oil to produce 1kg of HDPE so recycling makes sense.

  • The thermoplastic properties of HDPE allow it to be melted down and recycled.

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