[lylecheatham]

Plastic scrap value is near zero [1] when compared to Aluminum

[1] https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:fZ0f_O...

[throwaway0a5e]

Plastic of unknown provenance is worth nearly nothing.

Clean pure plastic chips that just got cut off of a block of new plastic can be made back into pellets and used for new stuff and is worth a little less than plastic pellets.

[ska]

I could see this working at scale, but nobody is going to trust a hobbiest or small shop that they haven't contaminated the bin.