For buyers
Find recycled plastic suppliers you can rely on
Converters, compounders and brand owners need recycled resin at a stable quality and volume — and more of it as recycled-content targets rise, such as those of the EU packaging regulation. Polyfinder finds recyclers and regranulators that produce the grade you need, in the countries you choose, and asks them for availability, specifications and samples.
01Who you can source from
- Washing and recycling lines that sell flakes
- Regranulators and pelletizers that sell pellets (granules)
- Compounders that sell recycled grades to specification
- Traders that consolidate several sources
02What to ask a new supplier
- Polymer, grade and form: flakes, regrind or pellets
- Melt flow index (MFI) or intrinsic viscosity (IV), colour, residual contamination
- Source of the input: post-consumer (PCR) or post-industrial (PIR)
- Certifications, where you need them: GRS, RecyClass, EuCertPlast, ISCC PLUS
- Monthly volume, packing, incoterm and a sample before the first order
03What Polyfinder does for buyers
- Searches suppliers of your grade country by country
- Checks each company's activity and published contact details
- Writes to each supplier in its language to ask for availability, data sheets and samples
- Tracks replies and follow-ups so you can compare suppliers
04Suppliers by material
- rPETrPET suppliers: how to find recycled PET you can useWhere recycled PET comes from — flakes, pellets, food-contact grades — what to check with an rPET supplier, and how Polyfinder finds them for you.
- rHDPERecycled HDPE suppliers: finding the right rHDPEWhere recycled HDPE comes from, what to check with an rHDPE supplier — MFI, colour, odour, source — and how Polyfinder finds suppliers for you.
- rPPRecycled PP suppliers: how to source rPPWhere recycled polypropylene comes from, what to check with an rPP supplier — MFI, homo or copolymer, fillers, colour — and how Polyfinder finds them.
Questions and answers
Where can I source recycled plastic?
From washing and recycling lines that sell flakes, regranulators and pelletizers that sell pellets, compounders that sell grades to specification, and traders that consolidate several sources.
What should I ask a new recycled-plastic supplier?
Polymer, grade and form; MFI or IV, colour and residual contamination; post-consumer or post-industrial input; certifications such as GRS, RecyClass, EuCertPlast or ISCC PLUS; monthly volume, packing, incoterm and a sample.
How does Polyfinder help buyers of recycled plastic?
It searches suppliers of your grade country by country, checks each company, and writes to each one in its language to ask for availability, data sheets and samples.
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.