What we accept
Every plastic stream is assessed on the sample. Medical waste is the only exclusion. Check your stream here, then send a sample.
Accepted
- Polyethylene, LDPE and HDPEFilm, bags, liners, containers. Suitable for recovery.
- Polypropylene, PPSachets, tubs, woven bags, closures. Suitable for recovery.
- Polystyrene, PSAccepted for disposal.
- Mixed plastic packagingAccepted. Sorted on arrival.
- Branded and printed packagingAccepted, and destroyed rather than passed on.
- Industrial by-productsAssessed case by case.
- Hazardous wasteAccepted. Assessed case by case.
- PVC, polyvinyl chlorideAssessed case by case.
- PET, polyethylene terephthalateAssessed case by case.
Not accepted
- Medical and healthcare risk waste
A dirty load is not automatically a problem
Contaminated loads are often workable. Send a sample first, because whether we can take it depends on what the contamination is and how much of it there is.
Suitable for recoveryMultiple plastic types can be processed into plastic oil through our partnerships. Everything else we accept is disposed of responsibly rather than recovered.
We no longer handle medical waste
EcoSharps began in medical waste, which is where the name comes from. That is no longer part of the business. Today we work with plastic and packaging waste from manufacturing and commercial sites, and we do not take healthcare risk waste of any kind.
Not sure whether your stream qualifies?
Send a sample and we will give you a straight answer rather than a maybe. It is the only reliable way to price a stream properly.