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Plastic bottles

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Plastic bottles

Where are they taken?

Smiths (Gloucester) Ltd, Moreton Valence, Gloucester

What happens to them?

Plastic bottles are baled and sold to Recycle for Future Ltd who supply a number of plastic pellet producers. The producers granulate, wash and pelletise the plastic to produce a high quality plastic feedstock to be made into new products.

End market

UK

End products

Plastic pellets for recycling.

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