2023 Diamond Sponsors
ADS
Hilliard, Ohio
sustainability.ads-pipe.com/operational-excellence/ads-recycling
As the largest plastic recycling company in North America, we purchase over half a billion pounds of recycled plastic each year, keeping waste out of landfills and preventing over 670 million pounds of greenhouse gas emissions. We are proud of the important work we are doing and the positive impact we have on the environment, society and our operations. Our industry-leading resin blending programs convert this plastic into products that manage stormwater and septic needs, improve quality of life and provide a 100-year service life.
Akshar Plastic
Bloomington, Illinois
aksharplastic.com
Akshar Plastic Incorporation is a leading worldwide plastic recycling company specializing in recycling all types of plastic and finding solutions for wasteful material. Since 1972, Akshar has been buying and recycling post-consumer, post-industrial, agricultural plastic scraps, regrind, and virgin material. Akshar’s services include sorting, densifying, shredding, grinding, washing, pelletizing, compounding and blending. Akshar also reclaims scrap, diverting it from landfills and turning it into valuable new products. The Akshar team is experienced in R&D, closed-loop recycling, waste solutions and custom compounding. Akshar works to be an all-in-one solution to help companies reach their sustainability goals.
Dow
Houston, Texas
dow.com
Dow combines global breadth; asset integration and scale; focused innovation and materials science expertise; leading business positions; and environmental, social and governance (ESG) leadership to achieve profitable growth and deliver a sustainable future. The company's ambition is to become the most innovative, customer-centric, inclusive and sustainable materials science company in the world. Dow's portfolio of plastics, industrial intermediates, coatings and silicones businesses delivers a broad range of differentiated, science-based products and solutions for its customers in high-growth market segments, such as packaging, infrastructure, mobility and consumer applications. Dow operates 104 manufacturing sites in 31 countries and employs approximately 35,700 people. Dow delivered sales of approximately $55 billion in 2021. For more information, please visit our website.
ExxonMobil
Spring, Texas
corporate.exxonmobil.com
ExxonMobil, one of the largest publicly traded international energy and petrochemical companies, creates solutions that improve quality of life and meet society’s evolving needs. This includes developing Exxtend technology for advanced recycling, which the company is using to process more than 80 million pounds of difficult-to-recycle plastic waste per year at a facility in Baytown, Texas. ExxonMobil is working across the value chain to improve waste collection and to scale advanced recycling globally, with plans to process up to 1 billion pounds of plastic waste annually by year-end 2026.
Next Generation Recycling Machines
Atlanta, Georgia
ngr-world.com
Next Generation Recycling Machines produces extrusion-based repelletizing machinery for the reprocessing of plastic scrap. Our custom solutions for post-industrial, post-consumer and PET recycling represent the highest level of technology, craftsmanship and performance in the industry. Please visit us at the Plastics Recycling Conference in National Harbor, Md.
Plastics Industry Association
Washington, D.C.
plasticsindustry.org
The Plastics Industry Association represents the entire plastics supply chain globally – from materials and equipment suppliers to processors, converters and recyclers. To learn more about our programs, economic data, standards, events, policy advocacy and the largest plastics trade show in the Americas, NPE2024: The Plastics Show, visit our website.
Plus Recycling Network
Duluth, Georgia
plusrecycling.com
Plus Recycling Network is one of the fastest-growing providers of end-to-end recycling solutions for manufacturers of plastic resins, films, thermoforms and engineered goods. Plus Recycling Network aims to provide zero waste and maximum value recovery solutions, with a focus on excellent customer service. In addition, Plus Materials is one of the nation’s leading exporters of off-grade fibers and polymers. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Atlanta, Ga., Plus Materials has since expanded across the U.S., Canada and Europe. Built on a strong global presence in over 20 countries across Asia and Africa, Plus Materials offers creative, innovative and sustainable opportunities to help clients achieve zero landfill goals.
Trotrof Composites
Dover, Delaware
trotrofcomposites.com
Trotrof Composites is the sister company of Trojan Services. We have been designing and driving the use of recycled polymer infrastructure products in the rail industry in the U.K. for over 20 years. In the face of climate and ecological crises, we are obsessed with the circular economy and reducing the carbon footprint of large civil engineering projects. Trotrof cable protection management systems and custom-made products are designed with great consideration of their full life cycle. Made from post-consumer recycled polymer, offering an incredibly cost-effective, safe and sustainable alternative replacing carbon-intensive concrete.