Sustainable End-of-Life Options for Plastics in New Zealand

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2.5.2 HDPE There were 8,932t of HDPE material recovered, of which 52.2% (4,660t) was non-coloured bottles, 36.8% (3,290t) was coloured bottles, 7.8% was bags (5.1% non-coloured and 2.7% coloured), 2.1% was film and 1.1% was non-coloured containers. Like PET, most of these were bottles for beverage packaging and milk was the most common beverage packaged in HDPE. However most of the coloured HDPE was janitorial-grade packaging, used for cleaning products and products such as shampoos and conditioners. Figure 11: Breakdown (by product type) of total recovered HDPE material (Source: PNZ Recycling Survey, 2005) 2.5.3 Proportion of Beverage Bottles Overall, the total amount of beverage bottles (both PET and HDPE,) was calculated by adding the total amounts of non-coloured PET, coloured PET and non-coloured HDPE bottles together. This gave a total amount of 12,660t of beverage bottles. 19 Sustainable End-of-Life Options for Plastics in New Zealand
2.5.4 PVC Approximately 2,412t of PVC was collected, most of which was coloured cable/wiring coatings (78.1%), 16.3% was non-coloured film, and 5.6% coloured other products. Figure 12: Breakdown (by product type) of total recovered PVC material (Source: PNZ Recycling Survey, 2005) 2.5.5 LDPE Of the 12,444t of LDPE collected, 56.4% (nearly 5,600t) was non-coloured film, 33.3% was coloured film, 6.2% was non-coloured bags, and 4.1% was coloured bags. Figure 13: Breakdown (by product type) of total recovered LDPE material (Source: PNZ Recycling Survey, 2005) Statistical Analysis of Plastic Material Types 20
Page 1 and 2: Research Project Report Sustainable
Page 3 and 4: Executive Summary The purpose of th
Page 5 and 6: Acknowledgements Special thanks are
Page 7 and 8: 4.2.5 Measure of Degradability ....
Page 9 and 10: Introduction In 2003 the New Zealan
Page 11 and 12: Results 1. Plastic Material in NZ 1
Page 13 and 14: From the 2005 PNZ Mass Balance Surv
Page 15 and 16: 2. Statistical Analysis of Plastic
Page 17 and 18: 2.3 Breakdown of Recovered Plastic
Page 19: 2.5 Breakdown of Colours and Produc
Page 23 and 24: 3. Assessment of the Current NZ Inf
Page 25 and 26: Figure 16: Implementation of kerbsi
Page 27 and 28: Figure 18: Other material recovered
Page 29 and 30: 3.3.3 Forms of End-Market Material
Page 31 and 32: 4.2.4 Cons • The cost of deriving
Page 33 and 34: 4.2.8 Viability of Composting Plast
Page 35 and 36: Strict regulations have been set in
Page 37 and 38: 5. Factors Influencing Recovery 5.1
Page 39 and 40: Commercial recyclers operating unde
Page 41 and 42: 5.9 Key Points Voluntary industry a
Page 43 and 44: Recommendations R.1 Improve Informa
Page 45 and 46: Appendices Appendix 1: Supplementar
Page 47 and 48: Appendix 2.8 Forms of Plastic End-M

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