Would it be a better deal to buy plain 6 mil C&A plastic with recycled resins?
Plastics can be manufactured using many different formulas all producing certain qualities to the plastic. Recycled resins are available in several grades and can make a large impact in the performance of your plastic. Typical construction and agricultural plastic generally contains a large amount of post consumer recycled resins. These recycled resins can work fine in some applications, but in a thin 6 mil plastic the resins tend to breakdown unevenly in the extrusion process causing thin spots across the film. They also have very little resistance to sunlight or any ultra-violet exposure and begin to breakdown quickly. The main function of a C&A film is to be used in temporary applications and can serve a purpose here, but in longer-term and outdoor covering applications a higher grade plastic should be selected to avoid a degraded, torn, or shredded cover that needs to be replaced to soon.
