North American companies ranked by plastics recycling sales in most recent full fiscal year
Compiled by Plastics News ( www.plasticsnews.com)
Rank Company
Top recycling official
Most recent Previous
year year
Recycling sales
(millions)
Recycling
volume†
(million lbs.)
Materials reprocessed
Post Post
consumer industrial
Brokered Processes
Materials
bought/sold
1
Waste Management Recycle
America LLC
Houston
Waste Management Inc.(P)
Don Majka
Vice President
Sales & Marketing
520
514
65
35
77
23
1
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,
8, 9, 10
2
KW Plastics Recycling
Troy, Ala.
Scott Saunders
General Manager
490
490
100
0
87
13
2, 3, 4, 5
2, 5
3
Avangard Innovative
Houston
Rick Perez
CEO & President
457
560
0
100
60
40
1, 2, 3, 4, 8
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
4
Custom Polymers Inc.
Charlotte, N.C.
John N. Calhoun II
Phil Howerton III
Partners
240
210
40
60
35
65
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
7, 8
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,
8, 9, 10
5
Ekman Recycling Inc.
Brick, N.J.
Ekman Group
Cliff Brand
Vice President
Non-Fiber Division
214.7
N.A.
19
81
92
8
1, 8
1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10
6
Parc Corp.
Romeoville, Ill.
Kathy Xuan
President
200
200
30
70
50
50
1, 2, 3, 4, 5
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,
8, 9, 10
7
Nam Polymers Inc.
Etobicoke, Ontario
Ali Lodhi
Vice President
160+
160
100
0
25
75
3, 4, 5
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,
8, 9, 10
8
Custom Resins
Wayne, N.J.
Polymeric Resources Corp.
Fern Roth
Product Manager
150
150
100
0
10
90
3, 4, 5, 6, 7
7, 9, 10
8
Champion Polymer Recycling
Winchester, Ky.
Infiltrator Systems Inc.
Ron Brochu
Division Manager
150E
150E
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
1, 3, 4, 5, 8
2, 4, 5, 6, 8
10
Clean Tech Inc.
Dundee, Mich.
Plastipak Holdings Inc.
Thomas Busard
President
120E
120
100
0
100
0
1, 2, 3, 4, 5
1, 2, 4, 10
11
B&B Plastics Inc.
Rialto, Calif.
Bacilio Mejia
Vice President
115
115
40
60
5
95
3, 4, 5
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,
8, 9, 10
12
Omni Resource Recovery Inc.
Colton, Calif.
Joe Castro
President
107
N.A.
70
30
20
80
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,
8, 9, 10
12
Recyc RPM Inc.
St. Damien, Quebec
Luc Métivier
Vice President
107
107
N.A.
N.A.
94
6
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
14
Louisiana Plastic
Converting Corp.
West Monroe, La.
John Mark Wilhite
President
105
N.A.
100
0
5
95
3, 4
2, 4
15
NPI
Brampton, Ontario
Strategic Materials Inc.
Laurie Borg
President
100+
100
N.A.
N.A.
5
95
3, 4, 5, 8
1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9,
10
16
Plastic Nation Inc.
Boca Raton, Fla.
Nathan Seskin
President
100
192
N.A.
N.A.
50
50
1, 8
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,
8, 9, 10
16
Polychem USA Inc.
Foxboro, Mass.
Gene Farrell
President
100
100
N.A.
N.A.
0
100
3, 4
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,
8, 9, 10
18
Envision Plastics
Industries LLC
Reidsville, N.C.
Tamsin Ettefagh
Vice President
90E
90
100
0
90
10
1, 2, 3, 4, 5
2, 7
18
B. Schoenberg & Co. Inc.
Yorktown, N. Y.
Matthew Kness
Vice President
90E
90
N.A.
N.A.
15
85
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,
8, 9, 10
20
Canusa Hershman Recycling LLC
Branford, Conn.
Ethan Hershman
CEO
87
61.7
0
100
15
85
1, 3, 8
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,
8, 9, 10
21
Maine Plastics Inc.
Zion, Ill.
David Kaplan
Vice President
87
96
100
0
8
92
1, 3
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,
8, 9, 10
22
Plast-Ex International Inc.
Brampton, Ontario
Lily Chang
Managing Director
85+
85+
80
20
0
100
1, 3, 8
1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,
9, 10
23
Domino Plastics Co. Inc.
Setauket, N. Y.
Michael Domino
CEO & Owner
85
70
0
100
0
100
8
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,
8, 9, 10
23
Merlin Plastics Supply Inc.
Delta, British Columbia
Tony Moucachen
President
85
90
100
0
90
10
1, 2, 3, 4
1, 2, 4
23
Nicos Polymers Group LLC
Nazareth, Pa.
Barry Friedman
Sales Manager
85
N.A.
30
70
5
95
1, 3, 4, 5, 8
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8,
9, 10
EPlastics News and industry estimates. These figures were
not provided by the company.
FOOTNOTES
(P)=Publicly held
N.A.=Not available
†Recycling volume represents plastics reprocessed in-house
and brokered materials.
All information was provided by the companies, except
where otherwise indicated.
6. Solid-stating
7. Depolymerizing/
repolymerizing
8. Brokering
PROCESSES KEY
1. Sorting
2. Washing
3. Grinding
4. Repelletizing
5. Compounding
6. Polystyrene/
expanded PS
7. Other
8. ABS
9. Nylon
10. Polycarbonate
MATERIALS KEY
1. PET
2. High density
polyethylene
3. PVC
4. Low density PE/
linear LDPE
5. Polypropylene
