Commercial and Food Sector Sources of Waste Plastic

4 Commercial and Food Sector Sources of Waste Plastic 

Equipment/parts manufacturers Farming enterprises Food service/cafeterias Grocers 

Large construction sites Newspaper distributors Nurseries 

PET liquor miniatures, PS cups, PET food service items. 

LDPE grocery sacks, HDPE grocery sacks 

In addition to residential post-consumer plastic available f -recycling, per capita estimates of post-consumer plastic generated in the food sovice industry and the commercial sector (aside from food service) have been estimated (Table 2.11). The estimates shown were made using a combination of manufacturing data, measurements from actual recycling programs, and measurements from excavations of landfills from intercepted MSW [CNT, 1990]. The table shows that HOPE, PS and LX)PE comprise a majority of the plastic available for recycling in the U.S. from the commercial and food service sectors. 

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