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PVC Injection Moulding Processing Guide
Injection moulding is a popular method for manufacturing processes that use plastic materials. Polyvinyl Carbonate (PVC) is one of the most popular plastics used in manufacturing, and so PVC pellets are often manufactured using injection moulding methods. The method itself can seem highly technical and confusing, luckily at Let’s Recycle It we have a team of experts who can provide you with a PVC injection moulding processing guide to help break down the process into simpler terms.PVC Processing
At Let’s Recycle It we work hard to make sure that the highest quality plastic materials are recycled and put back into manufacturing. This is part of our mission to push industries all over the world towards a circular economic model. PVC is one of the most popular plastic materials used in recycling, and so we take extra during PVC processing to ensure that only top-quality material is being given to our clients.
What is PVC used for?
Given how popular PVC is in manufacturing, it would be natural to wonder, ‘What is PVC used for?’ PVC is used in a wide variety of industries, such as construction, automotive, medical, clothing and upholstery. It is used for an even wider variety of products, such as clingfilm, shower curtains, credit cards, imitation leather, aprons, bags, shoes, waterproof clothing, greenhouses, inflatables, food containers, fencing, flooring, gutters, piping, cable insulation and window frames.Buy Plastic Pellets Bulk
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If you are looking for recycled plastic pellets for sale, then we can facilitate this. We can arrange the sale of the highest quality recycled pellets for you, from a manufacturer with industry leading expertise in recycling plastic into pellets. As well as this, if you are looking for information about recycled plastic pellets uses, then we are available to answer any questions you might have.
Where Let's Recycle It Operates
Countries We Cover
We pride ourselves on delivering industry unrivalled customer service, exceeding our customers' expectations across all of the countries we work in.
Ireland
- Ireland is Europe’s top producer of plastic waste per capita.
- 95% of plastic waste was exported to China until the country banned imports of waste from foreign countries in January 2018, meaning Ireland faces pressure to find alternate waste disposal methods to help them reach their 2030 goals of an 80% increase in plastic recycling.
- Ireland is placing a ban on single-use plastics coming into effect in 2021.
United Kingdom
- United Kingdom produces 5 million tonnes of plastic waste annually.
- UK set to introduce a plastic packaging tax of £200 per ton on packaging made of less than 30% recycled materials, which is expected to increase the use of recycled plastics in packaging by 40%.
- UK aims for all plastic packaging on the market to be recyclable, reusable or compostable by 2025.
France
- France produces 5 million tonnes of plastic waste annually.
- France ranks among Europe’s poorest performers in plastic recycling with a rate well below the European average, due to their insufficient domestic recycling capacity.
- France introduced a total ban on single use plastics to come into full effect in 2040 and began taking steps towards this in January 2020.
Belgium
- Belgium produces 610,000 tonnes of plastic waste annually.
- Belgium is one of the most efficient recyclers of plastic waste in Europe, recycling over 80% of their used plastic.
- Belgium is introducing a series of bans on single use plastics, which began with the ban of single use plastics at public events in Brussels.
Germany
- Germany produces 6.5 million tonnes of plastic waste annually.
- Germany has been famously known as the plastic recycling hub of Europe.
- They use ‘The Green Dot System’ whereby manufacturers and retailers must pay for a green dot on products. The more packaging they use, the higher the cost.
- Thanks to a low energy PET plastic (polyethylene terephthalate) recycling line at its plant in Rostock, Northern Germany, Veolia gives post-consumer plastic bottles a second life in a "bottle-to-bottle" cycle. One billion bottles per annum are recycled for further food use!
Poland
- Poland produces 3.4 million tonnes of plastic waste annually.
- Plastics processing is the biggest and most rapidly growing sector within the Polish plastics industry.
- Plastics processing in Poland accounts for 85% of the industry’s annual turnover; its main areas of processing include: plastic containers, bottles, packaging, pipes, automotive parts.
Hungary
- Hungary produces 740,000 tonnes of plastic waste annually.
- Hungary is one of the three worst offenders for meeting EU plastic waste recycling targets.
- Hungary is taking a number of steps to increase their plastic recycling to meet EU targets; they are introducing a single-use plastic ban in 2021 and will also introduce a tax on various other plastic items, such as straws, cups and plates.
Romania
- Romania recycles only 14% of its waste, while upwards of 70% of the waste produced is sent to landfill.
- Romania has failed to increase the percentage of the waste it recycles since 2010 and will miss the EU 2020 targets.
- In 2018, Romania was found guilty by the EU Court of Justice for failing to close and empty 68 landfill sites that were deemed to pose environmental and health hazards.
- Romania is applying for EU grants to help them invest in waste processing technology as an alternative to landfill.
Slovakia
- Slovakia recycles only 23% of its waste, while upwards of 65% of the waste produced is sent to landfill.
- Slovakia will introduce a total ban on single-use plastics in January 2021; it will be illegal to sell plastic straws, cutlery, plates etc.
- This ban is part of Slovakia’s efforts to make a shift towards using biodegradable packing materials.
Italy
- Italy produces 2.2 million tonnes of plastic waste annually.
- A report by the Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research in October 2019 found that more than 500,000 tonnes of plastic waste from Italy ends up in the Mediterranean Sea.
- Italy has steadily increased the amount of plastic it recycles since 2013, and the country is set to introduce a tax on plastic packaging in the summer of 2020.
Turkey
- Turkey produces 3.5 million tonnes of plastic wate annually.
- Turkey has become one of the largest importers of plastic waste as the US and Europe send more waste there since China began to close its doors to overseas recyclables, with an increase in the amount of imported plastic in Turkey of around 200% since 2016.
- Turkey’s Zero Waste Project, which began in December 2018, introduced several measures to reduce plastic consumption: for example, fees for plastic carrier bags and deposits for plastic drinking bottles.
India
- India produces 10 million tonnes of plastic waste annually, with around 4 million tonnes of it going uncollected.
- India is covered in illegal landfill sites that each cover several acres of land and hold thousands of tons plastic waste piled up several metres high, and is one of the world’s worst contributors to plastic pollution in rivers and oceans
- India introduced the Plastic Waste Management Rules in 2016, and amended them in 2018, to legislate for local authorities to be held responsible for setting up their own recycling infrastructure and for corporate responsibility on manufacturers for collecting the waste their products produce.
Pakistan
- Pakistan produces 6.5 million tonnes of plastic waste annually.
- Pakistan’s plastic industry has been growing at a staggering rate of 15% per year in Pakistan, which has led to the government introducing their plan of action to move towards a circular economy and achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals for 2030.
- Pakistan is investing in its infrastructure to increase its capacity to collect and process plastic waste, especially PET single use drinking bottles.
- Regional bans have already been placed on the use of these PET single use bottles as they are one of the worst offending items contributing to Pakistan’s plastic pollution problem.
Sweden
- Sweden produces 300,000 tonnes of plastic waste annually.
- Sweden is one of the world leaders in recycling, having gone further than most other countries in moving towards a circular economy.
- Only 1% of Sweden’s annual waste goes to landfill; most of the waste is either recycled and sent back into manufacturing or is burned in low-carbon incinerators to produce energy to power anything from buses to apartment buildings.
Norway
- Norway is one of the world leaders in the recycling of plastic waste.
- Norway’s plastic drinking bottle recycling programme recycles over 97% of plastic bottles, with fewer than 1% going to landfill.
- The quality of the recycled plastic drinking bottle material is so high that 92% of bottles are used to make more bottles; the material has been reused to make new drinking bottle dozens of times in some cases.
- Norway is among the nations that send the least amount of waste to landfill; most of the waste in Norway is either recycled or burned in low-carbon incinerators to produce energy to power anything from buses to apartment buildings.
Finland
- Finland produces 380,000 tonnes of plastic waste every year.
- Finland, particularly in its cities, experienced its largest increase in the amount of plastic it recycled in 2019; in some areas recycling increased by 180% compared to 2018.
- Many housing companies in Finland have been joining the new eco-initiative to increase the amount of waste that is recycled and reduce the amount going to landfill.
Portugal
- Portugal produces 1 million tonnes of plastic waste annually.
- Portugal introduced bans on several single-use plastic items from 2020, including carrier bags and cutlery.
- Portugal is behind the EU’s recycling goals for 2020, but the country did recycle 10% more waste material in 2019 than it did compared to 2018.
Saudi Arabia
- Saudi Arabia produces 2.5 million tonnes of plastic waste annually.
- Saudi Arabia introduced new regulations for plastic in December 2017, with the second phase coming into effect in 2020, with the use of plastic being banned for several single-use products.
- Saudi Arabia is investing in new state of the art recycling facilities to mitigate the increasing demand they are set to face; with the rapidly increasing rates of population growth and urbanisation, the amount of waste Saudi Arabia produces is forecast to double by 2033.
United Kingdom
- United Kingdom produces 5 million tonnes of plastic waste annually.
- UK set to introduce a plastic packaging tax of £200 per ton on packaging made of less than 30% recycled materials, which is expected to increase the use of recycled plastics in packaging by 40%.
- UK aims for all plastic packaging on the market to be recyclable, reusable or compostable by 2025.
Belgium
- Belgium produces 610,000 tonnes of plastic waste annually.
- Belgium is one of the most efficient recyclers of plastic waste in Europe, recycling over 80% of their used plastic.
- Belgium is introducing a series of bans on single use plastics, which began with the ban of single use plastics at public events in Brussels.
Finland
- Finland produces 380,000 tonnes of plastic waste every year.
- Finland, particularly in its cities, experienced its largest increase in the amount of plastic it recycled in 2019; in some areas recycling increased by 180% compared to 2018.
- Many housing companies in Finland have been joining the new eco-initiative to increase the amount of waste that is recycled and reduce the amount going to landfill.
France
- France produces 5 million tonnes of plastic waste annually.
- France ranks among Europe’s poorest performers in plastic recycling with a rate well below the European average, due to their insufficient domestic recycling capacity.
- France introduced a total ban on single use plastics to come into full effect in 2040 and began taking steps towards this in January 2020.
Germany
- Germany produces 6.5 million tonnes of plastic waste annually.
- Germany has been famously known as the plastic recycling hub of Europe.
- They use ‘The Green Dot System’ whereby manufacturers and retailers must pay for a green dot on products. The more packaging they use, the higher the cost.
- Thanks to a low energy PET plastic (polyethylene terephthalate) recycling line at its plant in Rostock, Northern Germany, Veolia gives post-consumer plastic bottles a second life in a "bottle-to-bottle" cycle. One billion bottles per annum are recycled for further food use!
Hungary
- Hungary produces 740,000 tonnes of plastic waste annually.
- Hungary is one of the three worst offenders for meeting EU plastic waste recycling targets.
- Hungary is taking a number of steps to increase their plastic recycling to meet EU targets; they are introducing a single-use plastic ban in 2021 and will also introduce a tax on various other plastic items, such as straws, cups and plates.
India
- India produces 10 million tonnes of plastic waste annually, with around 4 million tonnes of it going uncollected.
- India is covered in illegal landfill sites that each cover several acres of land and hold thousands of tons plastic waste piled up several metres high, and is one of the world’s worst contributors to plastic pollution in rivers and oceans
- India introduced the Plastic Waste Management Rules in 2016, and amended them in 2018, to legislate for local authorities to be held responsible for setting up their own recycling infrastructure and for corporate responsibility on manufacturers for collecting the waste their products produce.
Ireland
- Ireland is Europe’s top producer of plastic waste per capita.
- 95% of plastic waste was exported to China until the country banned imports of waste from foreign countries in January 2018, meaning Ireland faces pressure to find alternate waste disposal methods to help them reach their 2030 goals of an 80% increase in plastic recycling.
- Ireland is placing a ban on single-use plastics coming into effect in 2021.
Italy
- Italy produces 2.2 million tonnes of plastic waste annually.
- A report by the Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research in October 2019 found that more than 500,000 tonnes of plastic waste from Italy ends up in the Mediterranean Sea.
- Italy has steadily increased the amount of plastic it recycles since 2013, and the country is set to introduce a tax on plastic packaging in the summer of 2020.
Norway
- Norway is one of the world leaders in the recycling of plastic waste.
- Norway’s plastic drinking bottle recycling programme recycles over 97% of plastic bottles, with fewer than 1% going to landfill.
- The quality of the recycled plastic drinking bottle material is so high that 92% of bottles are used to make more bottles; the material has been reused to make new drinking bottle dozens of times in some cases.
- Norway is among the nations that send the least amount of waste to landfill; most of the waste in Norway is either recycled or burned in low-carbon incinerators to produce energy to power anything from buses to apartment buildings.
Pakistan
- Pakistan produces 6.5 million tonnes of plastic waste annually.
- Pakistan’s plastic industry has been growing at a staggering rate of 15% per year in Pakistan, which has led to the government introducing their plan of action to move towards a circular economy and achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals for 2030.
- Pakistan is investing in its infrastructure to increase its capacity to collect and process plastic waste, especially PET single use drinking bottles.
- Regional bans have already been placed on the use of these PET single use bottles as they are one of the worst offending items contributing to Pakistan’s plastic pollution problem.
Poland
- Poland produces 3.4 million tonnes of plastic waste annually.
- Plastics processing is the biggest and most rapidly growing sector within the Polish plastics industry.
- Plastics processing in Poland accounts for 85% of the industry’s annual turnover; its main areas of processing include: plastic containers, bottles, packaging, pipes, automotive parts.
Portugal
- Portugal produces 1 million tonnes of plastic waste annually.
- Portugal introduced bans on several single-use plastic items from 2020, including carrier bags and cutlery.
- Portugal is behind the EU’s recycling goals for 2020, but the country did recycle 10% more waste material in 2019 than it did compared to 2018.
Romania
- Romania recycles only 14% of its waste, while upwards of 70% of the waste produced is sent to landfill.
- Romania has failed to increase the percentage of the waste it recycles since 2010 and will miss the EU 2020 targets.
- In 2018, Romania was found guilty by the EU Court of Justice for failing to close and empty 68 landfill sites that were deemed to pose environmental and health hazards.
- Romania is applying for EU grants to help them invest in waste processing technology as an alternative to landfill.
Saudi Arabia
- Saudi Arabia produces 2.5 million tonnes of plastic waste annually.
- Saudi Arabia introduced new regulations for plastic in December 2017, with the second phase coming into effect in 2020, with the use of plastic being banned for several single-use products.
- Saudi Arabia is investing in new state of the art recycling facilities to mitigate the increasing demand they are set to face; with the rapidly increasing rates of population growth and urbanisation, the amount of waste Saudi Arabia produces is forecast to double by 2033.
Slovakia
- Slovakia recycles only 23% of its waste, while upwards of 65% of the waste produced is sent to landfill.
- Slovakia will introduce a total ban on single-use plastics in January 2021; it will be illegal to sell plastic straws, cutlery, plates etc.
- This ban is part of Slovakia’s efforts to make a shift towards using biodegradable packing materials.
Sweden
- Sweden produces 300,000 tonnes of plastic waste annually.
- Sweden is one of the world leaders in recycling, having gone further than most other countries in moving towards a circular economy.
- Only 1% of Sweden’s annual waste goes to landfill; most of the waste is either recycled and sent back into manufacturing or is burned in low-carbon incinerators to produce energy to power anything from buses to apartment buildings.
Turkey
- Turkey produces 3.5 million tonnes of plastic wate annually.
- Turkey has become one of the largest importers of plastic waste as the US and Europe send more waste there since China began to close its doors to overseas recyclables, with an increase in the amount of imported plastic in Turkey of around 200% since 2016.
- Turkey’s Zero Waste Project, which began in December 2018, introduced several measures to reduce plastic consumption: for example, fees for plastic carrier bags and deposits for plastic drinking bottles.