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Mixed plastic scrap buyers: who takes mixed lots
Mixed plastics — hard plastics from collection, mixed bales from sorting plants, mixed regrind — have fewer buyers than single-polymer lots, because someone has to sort them or accept a lower-grade outlet. Knowing the composition is what makes a mixed lot sellable.
01What counts as mixed
- Mixed rigid plastics (“hard plastic”)
- Mixed bales from sorting centres (MRF)
- Mixed-colour, single-polymer regrind
- Multi-polymer production waste
02Who buys it
Sorting and recycling plants with flotation or optical sorting, producers of plastic lumber and outdoor products, and traders who sort and resell by polymer.
03What makes a mixed lot easier to place
- An estimate of the share of each polymer
- The largest single-polymer fraction kept apart
- Metal, wood, paper and film removed
- A photo of a bale cross-section
→Other materials
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- PPPP scrap buyers: who buys polypropylene and what they checkWho buys polypropylene (PP) scrap — injection scrap, big bags, raffia, battery cases — what they check first, and how Polyfinder reaches them.
- PETPET bottle scrap buyers: who they are and how to reach themWho buys PET bottle scrap, bales and flakes, what PET recyclers check first, and how Polyfinder finds and contacts them in their language.
Questions and answers
Who buys mixed plastic scrap?
Sorting and recycling plants with flotation or optical sorting, producers of plastic lumber and outdoor products, and traders who sort and resell by polymer.
How can a mixed lot be made easier to sell?
Estimate the share of each polymer, keep the largest single-polymer fraction apart, remove metal, wood, paper and film, and photograph a bale cross-section.
How does Polyfinder help?
It finds these companies country by country, checks their published contact details and writes to each one in its language, from your own mailbox.
How it works
- 1Describe
What you sell or need: polymer, form, colour, quantity, countries.
- 2Search
Polyfinder finds matching companies on the web, marketplaces and industry registers, and checks each one.
- 3Write
It drafts a first email for each company, in its language and in your style. You approve every one.
- 4Follow up
You send from your own mailbox. Replies come back to you; Polyfinder sorts them and prepares the follow-ups.
Start with one material and one country
Tell us how many people will use it and how many offers you want to push. We open your access and launch the first search with you.