About PCR

Our GreencorePCR™ Solutions closed loop recycling program takes post-use plastic out of the waste stream and puts it back into customer products. Thanks to our exclusive, multi-layer manufacturing process, we're supplying our customers with high-performance polyethylene products that are good for them and good for the environment.

What is Post-Consumer Recycled (PCR)?

Once a material or finished product has served its intended use and has been diverted or recovered from waste destined for disposal, it is then considered "post-consumer." Having completed its life as a consumer item, it can then be recycled as such. This differs from "pre-consumer" or "post-industrial" waste, which is generated by industrial or manufacturing waste.

Post-consumer recycled starts with our waste

Just about all industrial processes generate waste; the paper and printing industries, for example, recycle ends of paper rolls, misprints, scraps from trimming, etc. This pre-consumer waste is produced in large quantities in a relatively small number of locations; this is the polar opposite of post-consumer waste, which generally comes from our homes and businesses. As such, post-consumer waste is more difficult to separate and collect, but very important as it keeps tons of material from going to the landfill.

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