Life-Cycle Assessment of Recycling Postconsumer High-Density Polyethylene and Polyethylene Terephthalate

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Item collected</td><td class="align_center">Uncompacted density (kg/m<sup>3</sup>)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">PET</td><td class="align_center">106</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">HDPE</td><td class="align_center">106</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Other plastics</td><td class="align_center">106</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Paper</td><td class="align_center">340</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Corrugated containers</td><td class="align_center">340</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Glass</td><td class="align_center">600</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Steel</td><td class="align_center">1200</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Al</td><td class="align_center">420</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Cu</td><td class="align_center">450</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Nonrecyclables</td><td class="align_center">150</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Truck load composition and uncompacted volume (for the kg of recyclables collected on a route).</div>

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Table 2: Life-Cycle Assessment of Recycling Postconsumer High-Density Polyethylene and Polyethylene Terephthalate 