Bay Polymers

Mechanical recycling: which maintains the molecular structure of the plastic and involves sorting, washing and shredding plastic to make Resin (Also known as PCR), which can then used to make new plastic products. This method can only recycle plastic waste which is non contaminated and/or mixed with other materials. This is the method Bay Polymer adopts.
Chemical recycling: Which turns plastic into a source of energy or a “feedstock for fuels”. in contrast, turns the plastic into an energy carrier or feedstock for fuels. There are two different processes by which this can be completed: gasification and pyrolysis.

Post-Industrial - Refer to material that is produced from the production line. It has not been used by an end user. A few example of Post industrial material is Purge, off spec material, material that didn’t pass quality control. This tends to be cleaner material.
Post-Consumer - Refers to material that has been used in the manner it was designed for. It has come to its end of life and was exposed to things like the elements and other day to day contaminations. A few examples of Post consumer material would be empty Soda bottles, Empty Buckets and etc. This tends to be dirtier material and sometimes has “residue last contained”.

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