How to Recycle Grocery Rigid Plastics

May 2, 2016

From Recycle Grocery Plastics:

Recycle Grocery Plastics is a program developed by The Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR).

The Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) is the international trade association representing the plastics recycling industry. APR actively seeks new ways to strengthen economically viable and environmentally responsible recycling of postconsumer (materials which has served its intended use) plastics. In North America, there is an ever growing demand for recyclable plastics to meet the growing demand for recycled resin material. Rigid plastics, found “behind the counter” in full-line supermarkets, provide valuable feedstock to plastic reclaimers and can help fulfill this demand.

The Recycle Grocery Plastics website by APR, developed with assistance from the American Chemistry Council, has been created for the grocery store industry as they “green” their operations, both financially and environmentally, by recycling rigid plastics. There’s great value in recycling grocery rigid plastics – when a 1,000 pound OCC bale’s value was $70, the same size bale of #2 HDPE or #5 PP’s value was $250. Recycling grocery rigids is the third component of a balanced grocery recycling program: recovering corrugated cardboard, plastic film and rigid plastics. This website is the “go to” source for implementing and operating a grocery rigid plastic recycling program.