Recyled Content HDPE Sheet at Colorado Plastics
Posted by Drew Schwartz on Tue, Sep 14, 2010 @ 09:36 PM
Colorado Plastic Products offers two kinds of recycled HDPE plastic.
The first type of recycled plastic is Utility Grade HDPE. It is only available in black, and is made of Post-Industrial recycled plastic. Utility grade HDPE is available in 4’x8’ sheets, in standard thicknesses from 1/8” to 1”. The surface of both sides of this recycled HDPE material is smooth. The minimum purchase quantity for this black utility grade HDPE is one 4’x8’ sheet.
The second type is of recycled HDPE that we offer is available in your choice of solid colors, and is made of Post-Consumer recycled material. It can be produced for you in standard 4’x8’ sheets, in standard thicknesses from 1/8” to 1.25””. Custom lenghts and widths are also available. The surface (of both sides of this recycled HDPE material) is available in your choice of four different textures. The available textures, in decreasing degree of granulation, are Orange Peel (as normally found on cutting board material), Cobblestone (as normally found on partition board), Desert Stone (as normally found on marine board) and Smooth. The minimum purchase quantity for this Post-Consumer grade material is 5,000 lbs, which corresponds to 64 ½”x4’x8’ sheets (or 256 1/8” sheets and so on).
A single sheet of ½”x48”x96 of (black) Utility Grade (Post-Industrial) HDPE sells for $118.
The per sheet price, for the minimum purchase amount of 64 ½”x48”x96” sheets, of any color of Post-Consumer recycled content HDPE is $145.
In comparison, a sheet of natural colored (white) HDPE made from virgin resin in the ½”x48”x96” size is $145 and the same size HDPE sheet in black, made with virgin resin, is $159.