We Buy Scrap Plastic
We Purchase Scrap Plastic Products like Buckets, Bins, Totes, Crates and more..
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Molded Products
Mel Tech Plastics is a supplier of industrial HDPE and PP Resins for Molded Products.
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Services
Scrap Plastic Services
We offer North America wide Industrial and Commerical Recycling Services for a variety of materials.
Resin Supplier
We supply the highest quality HDPE pellets ready for a wide variety of uses.
Manufacturing
We mold a variety of products from 100% recycled Plastics, our products have a buyback program for closed loop solutions.
Custom Solutions
We put together Innovative, flexible, and custom recycling solutions to divert waste from expensive landfills.
Deboxing &
Destruction
We debox and destroy products ensuring the material is properly recycled wherever possible. Certificates of destruction provided.
Custom Products
We mold and make custom product solutions for a wide variety of industries.
questions & answers
Frequently Asked Questions
How does your plastic recycling program work?
We buy scrap plastic to make new products, North America wide. We cut right to the chase, no over the top advertising with buzzwords. Our goal is simple; to divert plastic from expensive landfills by creating resuable materials from scrap, these materials are reused to make new products.
Mel Tech purchases scrap HDPE plastic. Products like buckets, drums, bins, totes, crates and more.
We do pick ups or delivery North America wide, baled or loose products, dirty or clean and we provide certificates of destruction.
What type of plastic do you purchase?
We purchase HDPE from frac to 50+ melt, PP, PET, LDPE and HIPPS. If you're not sure what that means- contact us and see if what you have qualifies!
What do the plastic numbers mean?
Plastic #1 -PETE or PET stands for Polyethylene Terephthalate.
This type of plastic is typically picked up by most curbside recycling centers, it's usually clear and used to make soda or water bottles and much more.
Plastic #2-HDPE or High Density Polyethylene. This plastic is found in various household and industrial grade containers like milk jugs, household cleaners, juice bottles, shampoo bottles, butter tubs, detergent bottles, plastic picnic tables, buckets, drums and much more.
Plastic #3- V or PVC stands for Vinyl. This type of plastic is used to make things like food wraps, plumbing pipes, panelling, flooring, speed bumbs, and roadway guttersand much more
Plastic #4-LDPE or Low Density Polyethylene. This type of plastic is found in shopping bags, frozen food bags, bread bags, trash can liners and much more.
Plastic #5-PP or Polyproylene. Polypro is typically found in food containers, yogurts, ketchup bottles, syrup bottles, medicine bottles, ice scrapers, signal lights, and much more.
Plastic #6-PS or Polystyrene. This type of plastic is found in company disc cases, egg and meat cartons, disposable plates, cups, foam packaging and insulation and more.
Plastic #7-Other, Miscellaneous. All of the plastics that don't fit into the above categories are labelled as #7. They are often a mix bag of the above plastics which include polycarbonate. They can be found in plastic lumber, and custom made products such as bulletproof materials, iPod cases, computer cases and much more.
How to identify types of plastic?
If you wish to recycle with us, contact us and we can test it for you. Sometimes the most obvious way is to look at the numbers labelled on the plastic, sometimes they are cold stamped right into the plastic but other times they are no where to be found. When they aren't stamped or labelled the type of plastic is usually determined in a proper lab set up, where they will do some testing to determine the makeup of the plastic materials.
How do I get my plastic to you?
After qualified, book a slot in our loading docks after your materials have been qualified. We pick up full loads North America wide and have other exceptions for less than a full load. Please contact us for more information or visit our logistics page for more information.
What are the environmental benefits of recycling?
Recycling helps sustainable development; economy costs lower overall, as recycling used materials and products reduces greenhouse gases, uses significantly less energy, maximizes the use of finite natural resources, and diverts material from landfills. Lets keep our future green and healthy!
What are the economic benefits of recycling?
Since recycling is a process that turns old materials into new ones, by reusing waste prodcuts, energy is saved and new materials are not wasted. Most recyclable items are made of paper, glass, aluminum or plastic. This reduces the cost of production during manufacturing through the cost of gathering raw materials, this means that there are reduced shipping costs, savings in disposal spaces and the amount of energy required to mine or manufacture new raw materials.
Where are you located?
Our head office and processing facility address is 3705 Queens Line, Tilbury ON Canada. We are located about 40 mins from the Windsor/Detroit border and we service North America Wide. We buy recycled goods from both Canada and the USA and we treat, process and manufacture all in Canada.
How much plastic do I need for a full rebate?
Each situation is different, you may be a candidate for our free of charge pick up list or maybe you have enough to fill a semi-truck.
Contact us today to find out what works for you.
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