Recycling Update

Waste Exchange Services

On the Wilton International site at Redcar, Waste Exchange Services Ltd (WES) operates a plastics and chemicals recycling plant that has been recycling plastics since January 1999.
As one of the leading plastics recyclers in the UK, WES recycles expanded polystyrene packaging into a clean pellet that can be supplied in natural or off-natural colour — depending on the quality of the material available.

“EPS is a key feedstock for us,” says James Donaldson, Managing Director, Waste Exchange Services.

“We run it through a large machine that has the capacity to process one tonne an hour — with the right quality material.”

“We export the reprocessed EPS to California, The Lebanon and France, as well as supplying UK customers. We can handle just about any EPS, including packaging that is ‘contaminated’ with dampness such as fish boxes, boxes with paper labels and even boxes with small amounts of wood in them.

“We will pay a competitive rate for clean EPS, but for fish boxes and other more difficult EPS the commercial value is lower.”

WES regularly takes EPS from four large organisations and it will take one-off deliveries of compacted or un-compacted EPS. It needs 40 tonnes to run its EPS re-processing line and it has a great deal of storage space, so if you have EPS packaging that could be recycled and you would like to discuss this please contact Chris Hanlon, WES on 01642 442 080 or email info@wasteexchange.com

 

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