Industry

America’s Plastic Makers are the companies that use chemistry and innovation to make the materials that are vital to modern life.

Learn more about who the makers of plastic are, the innovations that make this world better and the initiatives that help drive down greenhouse gas emissions, deliver clean water, improve efficiency of wind and solar energy and cut foot waste.

Why the Resource? People aren’t blogging about the ways plastics are keeping kids healthy and safe. They aren’t tweeting about the millions of jobs the industry has created. They’re not having conversations in break rooms about how plastics are changing technology for the better.

Material is Repurposed

At WM, we’re reimagining a circular economy by investing in and operating innovative recycling and waste solutions that help fuel the continuous reuse of materials. By keeping more material in the circular economy, we can recover untapped value from materials otherwise destined for disposal and meet consumer demand for recycled products.

Advancing Plastics Circularity

Through innovation and investment in our new Polymer Centers, Republic Services is advancing circularity for plastics. This will allow us to manage the plastics stream from collection to delivery of high-quality recycled content for consumer packaging—making us the first U.S. company to do so.

APR is an international non-profit and the only North American organization focused exclusively on improving recycling for plastics. Our tools & resources help companies design packaging that can be recycled, support innovations that overcome existing recycling challenges, and encourage stable and reliable markets for post-consumer recycled content. All so that the plastic recyclers—those that we represent—can successfully turn plastic waste into a new resource.

NAPCOR is the trade association for the PET Packaging Industry in the United States, Canada and Mexico

• – What is PET
• – Why PET
• – Recycling of PET
• – Products made with recycled PET
• – PET Life Cycle Analysis