Sell Your Scrap PET Bottles & Packaging
Turn your surplus Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) bottles, trays, film, and production scrap into a significant revenue source. Greenview is a key UK buyer of post-consumer and post-industrial PET waste, providing excellent rebates and reliable nationwide collection services that make recycling profitable and straightforward.
Understanding Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET)
PET (sometimes PETE) is a member of the polyester family and is renowned for its strength, light weight, clarity, and excellent barrier properties against moisture and gas. This makes it the dominant material globally for beverage bottles (carbonated drinks, water, juices) and many food containers. Beyond bottles, PET is widely used in thermoformed packaging like food trays and clamshells. It's also extruded into film for packaging and technical applications, spun into polyester fibres for clothing, carpets, and fillings, and used to make durable strapping. Given its widespread use, particularly in single-use packaging, efficient PET recycling is vital for environmental sustainability and the circular economy.
What Forms of PET Scrap Do We Purchase?
Greenview focuses on purchasing clean, well-sorted streams of PET scrap, with a primary emphasis on packaging grades:
- PET Bottles: Primarily baled post-consumer beverage bottles. Clear and light blue bottles command the highest value and must be well-segregated from coloured PET and other plastics (like HDPE caps/labels, PVC sleeves). Contamination levels are critical.
- PET Trays / Thermoforms: Includes food trays, punnets, and clamshell packaging. Often supplied baled, these require careful sorting as they can sometimes contain different additives or layers compared to bottles. Specific grades may be requested.
- PET Film: Clean production scrap, such as edge trim or off-spec material from film manufacturing or converting processes. Can be supplied on reels or baled.
- PET Preforms & Production Waste: Includes scrap preforms, injection moulding runners, and other clean waste from PET processing operations.
- PET Strapping: Used PET strapping, typically supplied baled.
Industries We Partner With
We work closely with UK businesses that generate significant volumes of PET waste, including:
- Beverage Manufacturers & Bottlers
- Food Packaging Companies & Thermoformers
- Retailers, Supermarkets & Distribution Centres
- Plastic Converters, Film Producers & Moulders
- Waste Management Facilities & Material Recovery Facilities (MRFs)
- Event Venues & Hospitality Sector
Why Sell Your PET Scrap to Greenview?
Choosing Greenview for your PET recovery offers clear advantages:
- Strong Market Rebates: Receive highly competitive payments for your well-sorted PET scrap, particularly for high-quality baled bottles meeting industry standards.
- Nationwide Logistics: Benefit from our efficient and dependable collection network operating across the entire UK.
- Environmental Leadership: Guarantee your valuable PET resource avoids landfill and is recycled back into new bottles (bottle-to-bottle recycling), fibres, or other useful products.
- Quick Quotes & Simple Service: Get fast, no-obligation valuations (sending details and photos helps) and experience our professional, hassle-free service.
Find the Value in Your PET Scrap
Your waste PET bottles and packaging represent a sought-after commodity in the recycling market. Discover its current market value today by contacting Greenview. Please provide details on the PET type (e.g., baled clear bottles, mixed trays), estimated quantity, current format (baled?), quality information (e.g., contamination levels), and your UK site location.
