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Where do Milwaukee's Recyclables Go?

Tangent Tech CleanTech (Plastipak Packaging, Inc.)

#2 Plastic (HDPE) bottles & jugs are sent to Dundee, Michigan, where Clean Tech (Plastipak Packaging, Inc.) manufactures them into new #2 plastic food and beverage containers. They are also sent to Waterloo, Iowa to be made into drainage pipe by Corkery Industries and to Aurora, Illinois to be made into lawn and patio furniture by Tangent Tech.

 

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Plastics (HDPE)

Location or facility may vary depending on market demand.

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