PET
Polyethylene Terephthalate
PET is an excellent barrier to gases and moisture. Used in soft-drink bottles, salad dressing bottles, peanut butter jars, ice-cream cone lids, and small non-industrial applications.
Free Plastic Recycling Nationwide
Used Plastic Recycling
We buy used plastic — totes, pallets, drums, and bulk packaging — across all 50 states. Free pickup for qualifying loads.
Buyback Program
Sell Your Used Plastic Scrap!
Waste plastic of all kinds — totes, pallets, drums, industrial packaging, bins, damaged crates, dunnage trays, runners, parts, sheet cutouts, HD pipe, warehouse cleanouts — can often be sold or collected for free from your business premises. Contacting a waste courier makes it easier to sell plastic to people who are interested in buying it.
We purchase ridged polypropylene and polyethylene scrap plastics and regrind. As a scrap plastic buyer we always welcome:
- •Used totes
- •Plastic pallets
- •Industrial packaging
- •Industrial bins
- •Damaged crates
- •Dunnage trays
- •Runners & parts
- •Sheet cutouts
- •HD pipe
- •Warehouse cleanouts
The Reality
Plastic Recycling is Not Working
With a passion for plastic recycling, we work with manufacturers and suppliers looking to recover and sell recycled plastic.
5%
Recovered for recycling
Only 5% of all plastic generated in 2022 was recovered for recycling.
700yr
To decompose
For plastic bottles to decompose in landfills, it takes 700 years.
36%
Packaging waste
Packaging accounts for 36% of all plastic produced — 85% of which ends up in landfills.
Resin Types We Recycle
Used Plastic We Buy
HDPE
High-Density Polyethylene
Stiffness, strength, and toughness. Common uses: water pipes, gas and fire pipelines, electrical and communication conduits, five-gallon buckets, milk and water bottles, grocery bags, toiletry bottles.
PP
Polypropylene
Moisture barrier; heat, chemical, grease, and oil resistance. Microwaveable ware, takeaway containers, kitchenware, yogurt and margarine tubs, disposable cups and plates, soft-drink bottle caps.
“We Buy Used Plastic Nationwide!”
Jane
CTO, Used Plastic Recycling
Big Picture
State of Plastic Recycling in the US
In the U.S., most plastic that people use — including what goes into blue recycling bins — ends up in landfills. The amount of plastic produced is increasing, but recycling it is decreasing. As the industry plans to triple plastic production by 2050, the crisis will only get worse without drastic change.
Learn more →Where We're Headed
Toward a Circular Economy
Increasing demand for a circular economy and plastics supply-chain innovation is driving radical changes in plastics today. Consumers, governments, NGOs, manufacturers, and brands are committing to greater circularity and Zero Waste:
- •Using less plastic — reducing waste
- •More plastic waste recycling and recovery
- •Recycling of plastics (including bio-based plastics) and replacing plastic content with alternative materials
Local
Buy & Sell Used Plastic Pallets Near You
Plastic pallet pickup available in all 50 states.
AlabamaAlaskaArizonaArkansasCaliforniaColoradoConnecticutDelawareDistrict of ColumbiaFloridaGeorgiaHawaiiIdahoIllinoisIndianaIowaKansasKentuckyLouisianaMaineMarylandMassachusettsMichiganMinnesotaMississippiMissouriMontanaNebraskaNevadaNew HampshireNew JerseyNew MexicoNew YorkNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaOhioOklahomaOregonPennsylvaniaRhode IslandSouth CarolinaSouth DakotaTennesseeUtahVermontVirginiaWashingtonWest VirginiaWisconsinWyoming
Have plastic pallets to recycle?
Same-day quote, free pickup for qualifying loads.