A: Yes, they actually can be recycled. It is a common misconception that straws cannot be recycled. We at Merlin Plastics have proved this theory by recycling PP straws ourselves by adding them into our PP resin production. 

Yes, however, it depends on the type of bag. On a daily basis Merlin Plastics recycles a wide variety of plastic bags and turns them back into resin for reuse.

A: It is the consumer who causes plastics to end up in the ocean, as littering often occurs after the consumption of a particular food-grade product. Plastics Recycling companies have a duty to ensure that these plastics either stay at the facility, or get recycled properly without causing harm to the surrounding environment. 

A: Yes! All you need to do is rinse the item and put the cap back onto the plastic bottle or item and it can safely be recycled with the other similar items. 

A. PET = polyethylene terephthalate (#1), PP = Polypropylene (#5), PE = Polyethylene, HDPE = High Density Polyeythylene (#2), LDPE = Low Density Polyethelyne (#4), LLDPE = Linear Low Polyethylene (#4), PS = Polystyrene (#6), PVC = Poly-vinyl-chloride (#3), PETG = Polyethylene terephthalate glycol (#7).

A: We are. Please see our President/CEO’s quote in the “meet our president” tab about his beliefs and goals. While you are there please view our mission as we outline our goals. To add to this question; we do our best to use environment friendly means of production via steam, and electricity, rather than via gas, diesel and oil. We also make sure that our products do not end up in drains, on the roads, or anywhere they shouldn’t be, we adhere to strict environment friendly guidelines laid out to us by the Federal and Provincial Government of Canada. We are also one of the companies that recycled material that others would not, we provide a special guarantee that our products get recycled not only safely but responsibly as well. We also use specialized environment friendly equipment to process our material. 

A: We are based out of Delta, British Columbia, Canada. We have sister companies, and another couple Merlin Plastics facilities in Alberta, and in New Westminster, British Columbia. Everything we make is Canadian made. 

A: We recycle post-consumer plastics and products by turning them back into plastic pellets or “resin” so they can conventially be remade into other household, or items. We strive to find ways make it so plastics aren’t “non-renewable” but instead are renewable. We are also achieving this by going a step further and making FDA-Grade-HDPE Natural Resin for consumers. Through our strenous cleaning process, quality control team, and logistics team, we make sure that our products become something new and actually get recycled. 

A: Please see our contact page or our job opportunities page where you will see a form at the bottom where you can fill out a job application request form. You can also contact [email protected]

A: We recycle PP, HDPE, LDPE, LLDPE, PET, MDPE, and Polyolefins (PE/PP)

We recycle products from all over the world. It doesn’t matter as long as it’s what was agreed upon for delivery, recyclable and not hazardous material. 

A: It depends on what you mean by specific products. We at Merlin Plastics believe in not only recycling things like bales. Our goal is to be able to include everything from the same material type-line together to recycle a wide variety of products. No matter what the shape, type, FDA or non-FDA grade, color, size, we don’t discriminate on products. We don’t leave any recyclable product behind in the recycling process, we recycle everything and anything that has matches our products, like PP plastic straws, oil containers, soap bottles, regrind etc., we will take it all just to ensure it gets recycled properly, as long as it’s recyclable and it meets our guidelines we will recycle it, it is our job. We try to recycle as much of a variety of products as we can.