From: "Peter Anderson" <anderson@recycleworlds.org>
To: "Gary Liss" <gary@garyliss.com>
Subject: Re: Re: [GreenYes] margarine and yogurt tubs
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 22:22:25 -0500

no they cannot be mixed.  bottles have melt flows of less than one (i.e. fractional melts) and tubs have melt flows of about 40.
 
this refers to how runney or gooey the HDPE is...bottles require gooey resin to hold on the sides of the mold as the bottle walls harden, while tubs or caps need to fill fast and have runney resin.
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From: Gary Liss

To: gary@garyliss.com

Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 10:02 PM

Subject: Fwd: Re: [GreenYes] margarine and yogurt tubs

Do HDPE recyclers mix narrow neck HDPE containers with tubs or do they have two batches?  Can you buy recycled HDPE pellets that are made of blown hdpe plastic and pellets from injection hdpe plastic?  

Richard Anthony Associates

ricanthony@aol.com

3891 Kendall Street

San Diego CA 92109

858 272 2905 (P)

858 272 3709 (F)

WWW.RICHARDANTHONYASSOCIATES.COM

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EPIC and Amigo Environmental, both in Richmond, CA, buy injection HDPE.

Talco and HD Plastics, which are located in Southern California, buy

injection HDPE.

Gary Liss

916-652-7850

Fax: 916-652-0485

Gary Liss

916-652-7850

Fax: 916-652-0485

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