Resources

American Recycler Newspaper

American Recycler is a monthly newspaper serving those in the recycling, salvage and waste industries. The newspaper reaches more than 36,000 businesses and is growing every day. AR is an excellent source of new and important government policies and regulations affecting the industry.

Association of Plastics Recyclers (APR)

The Association of Plastic Recyclers is the national trade association representing companies who acquire, reprocess and sell the output of more than 90 percent of the post-consumer plastic processing capacity in North America. APR strongly advocates the recycling of all post-consumer plastic packaging.

APR Design® Guide for Plastics Recyclability

Carolina Recycling Association

The CRA is a nonprofit organization with a community of multi-national corporations, small businesses, local government, state government agencies, and individuals across the Carolinas who are committed to waste reduction and recycling efforts. The primary goal of the CRA is to support recycling and the recycling industry by advancing waste reduction and recycling in North and South Carolina.

Construction & Demolition Recycling Association (CDRA)

CDRA has the purpose of promoting and defending environmentally sound recycling of more than 325 million tons of recoverable construction and demolition materials that are generated in the U.S annually.

California Resource Recovery Association (CRRA)

The California Resource Recovery Association is California’s statewide recycling association. It is the oldest and one of the largest non-profit recycling organizations in the United States. CRRA is dedicated to achieving environmental sustainability in and beyond California through Zero Waste strategies including product stewardship, waste prevention, reuse, recycling and composting.

Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI)

ISRI together with its 21 chapters represents about 1,300 companies in nearly 4,000 location in the U.S and 34 countries worldwide.  ISRI members are manufacturers and processors, brokers, and industrial consumers of scrap commodities. The associate members include equipment & services providers, manufacturers & sellers of equipment, and more.

Mohawk Flooring – Recycling

From discarded plastic bottles and old tires to animal fat and wood, the recycled materials that enter Mohawk facilities are quickly transformed into alternative energy sources, carpet cores, and beautiful flooring. Mohawk diverts three billion pounds of waste from landfills every year. More than 500 Mohawk products – including residential and commercial carpet, carpet tiles, cushion, laminate, and ceramic tile – contain recycled materials.

MSW Management

MSW Management Magazine is the Official Journal of the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA), the largest professional organization of solid waste management professionals in the world.

North American Plastics Recycling Alliance (NAPRA) 

NAPRA was formed with the goal of increasing collaboration between the many trade associations working on efforts to drive the recovery of plastic products. Through collaboration, NAPRA seeks to create the relationships between organizations that will help accelerate and amplify the valuable work being done by each association.

National Waste & Recycling Association

The National Waste & Recycling Association is the trade association representing private-sector U.S. waste and recycling companies, as well as the manufacturers and service providers that do business with those companies.

PET Planet Insider

PETplanet Insider is the only globally distributed magazine featuring the whole PET value chain from resin granules to filled and capped bottles. Its editorial services comprise market reports and figures from various regions of the PET world, interviews with major players, market surveys.

Plastics Industry Association

The Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS), formerly SPI, is a purpose-driven organization here to support the entire plastics supply chain. PLASTICS works to make the industry more globally competitive, advance sustainability and promote plastics manufacturing. PLASTICS provides education to its members and hosts the signature global tradeshow NPE.

Plastics Machinery

Plastics Machinery Magazine provides those involved in plastic product manufacturing with insight into news, trends, and events impacting global plastics processing. Manufacturers of machinery used by plastics processors as well as end-users of this equipment stay up to date on issues, new technologies, and regulatory activity that could impact their business.

Plastics News

Plastics News is a weekly trade newspaper delivering global news to a primarily North American market. It covers the business of the global plastics industry. Plastics News focuses on commercial, financial, legislative and market-related developments worldwide that affect North American plastic product manufacturers and their suppliers and customers.

Plastics Technology

Plastics Technology is a business-to-business publication that produces a monthly print magazine, digital media, research and live events for the plastics processing market. PT generates content on operational best practices, new product technology, market intelligence and industry news.

Recycling Today

Recycling Today magazine provides access to the recycling industry through comprehensive coverage of commodity markets, legislative and regulatory issues, business management topics, equipment and technology and company profiles.

Resource Recycling

Resource Recycling publishes Resource Recycling Magazine, Plastics Recycling Update and E-Scrap News. Resource Recycling also hosts the respective industry conferences Resource Recycling Conference, Plastics Recycling Conference and E-Scrap Conference.

Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE)

SPE is the leading technical society for the global plastics industry. SPE is involved in the technical and commercial aspects of the plastics and polymer industry. Its members interact, learn and develop skills to meet their personal and professional goals. SPE fosters technical innovation and industry competitiveness through scientific development and commercialization.

Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA)

For more than 50 years, the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) has been the leading professional association in the solid waste field. The association serves over 8,000 members throughout North America, and thousands more with conferences, certifications, publications, and technical training courses.

Plastics Film Recycling & Warp Recycling Action Program (WRAP)

PlasticFilmRecycling.org is supported by the Flexible Film Recycling Group (FFRG) of the American Chemistry Council. The FFRG’s goal is to double plastic film recycling to two billion pounds by 2020. To achieve this goal, the FFRG works to increase access to and participation in plastic film recycling for consumers and businesses. The Wrap Recycling Action Program (WRAP) is a national public awareness initiative designed to make plastic film – including wraps, bags, and flexible packaging – a commonly recycled material.

Your Bottle Means Jobs

This is a campaign created by the Carolina Plastics Recycling Council to motivate the public to recycle just TWO or more bottles a week. The campaign is promoting how recycling leads to the creation of jobs, increase of local wealth, reduction of energy and natural resources consumption.