Recycling & Disposal

The polyethylene bottle is shredded, washed, and granulated into HDPE pellets. These pellets are sold to manufacturers who use them to produce drainage pipes, plastic lumber, pallets, and non-food containers. HDPE is one of the most recyclable plastics — it can be reprocessed multiple times without significant degradation.

Steel cages that can't be reused are dismantled and sent to steel recycling facilities. The galvanized steel is melted down and recast — steel is infinitely recyclable with no loss in quality. The zinc galvanization is also recovered in the smelting process.

Wooden pallets in good condition are repaired and resold into the pallet market. Damaged wood is chipped for use as mulch, animal bedding, or biomass fuel. Composite pallets are processed separately through appropriate recycling streams.

Brass, polypropylene, and stainless steel components are sorted by material type and sent to specialized recyclers. Functional valves and fittings are cleaned and resold as replacement parts.