Recycling Businesses in the NERC Region That Process Or Use Post-Consumer “Blue Bin” Materials After MRF Processing

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Recycling Businesses in the NERC Region that Process or Use Post-Consumer “Blue Bin” Materials after MRF Processing

December 2020

NERC is an equal opportunity employer and provider. Contents Introduction ...... 2 Acknowledgements ...... 2 Definitions ...... 3 Paper ...... 4 Plastic ...... 7 Glass ...... 10 Aluminum ...... 11

1 Introduction The NERC-NEWMOA Regional Recycling Market Development Committee has produced this list of businesses that process or use post-consumer recycled content after processing by MRFs, derived from so-called “blue bin” recyclables: paper, plastic, glass, aseptic cartons, aluminum and steel cans.

The list is limited to facilities in the NERC region – Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

There may be errors and even omissions. If you identify either, please contact Lynn Rubinstein, NERC Executive Director ([email protected]).

Acknowledgements Many people and organizations assisted with the development of this list. We would like to thank: • Matt Meenan, Aluminum Association • Megan Daum, American Beverage Association • Brian Hawkinson, American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) • Liz Bedard, Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) • Scott Breen, Can Manufacturers Institute • Barbara Heineken, The Carton Council • Sherill Baldwin, Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection • Rick Watson, Delaware Solid Waste Authority • DSM Environmental • Rachel Kenyon, Fibre Box Association • Jonathan Levy, Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) • Megan Pryor, Maine Department of Environmental Protection • David Mrgich, Maryland Department of the Environment • Brooke Nash & John Fisher, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection • Chaz Miller, Miller & Associate, Chair, NERC-NEWMOA Regional Recycling Market Development Committee • More Associates • Darrel Collier, NAPCOR • NERC Glass Recycling Markets Committee • Michael Nork, New Hampshire Department of Environmental Conservation • Fran McPoland, Paper Recycling Coalition • Charles Scheidler, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection • Kathy Pflugbeil, Rand-Whitney Containerboard • Laura Rowell, Sonoco • Michael Noel, TOMRA • Josh Kelly, Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation

2 Definitions • # 3 – 7 – A blend of plastic types #3 (Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC)), 4 (Low-Density Polyethylene (LDPE)), 5 (Polypropylene (PP), 6 (Polystyrene (PS)), and 7 (other). • 3-mix – A blend of clear, brown, and green glass. • Beneficiator – Turns glass beverage and food containers into cullet for use in glass products with post- consumer content. • Bulky rigid - Oversized HDPE and PP items and containers. • Compounder – Creates plastic blends and then forms into products. • Converter – Takes one type of paper and turns it into another. For example, a roll of paper in paper bags. • Cullet – Broken pieces of glass used to make new glass • Extruder – Forms liquid aluminum into shapes. • HPDE - High-density polyethylene resin (#2) • Manufacturer – Makes products using post-consumer recycled content for sale into marketplace. • OCC – Old corrugated cardboard (used cardboard boxes). • Paper mill – Makes pulp and paper from post-consumer paper, such as cardboard and mixed residential paper. • PET - Polyethylene terephthalate (#1) • PP – Polypropylene (#5) • Reclaimer - Turns plastic beverage and food containers into ground plastic or flakes for use in the manufacture of products with post-consumer content. • UBC – Used beverage containers.

3 Paper Company City State URL Material Business type Product Atlantic Pulp North Haven CT www.atlanticpulp.com Newspaper Converter Molded pulp products Rand-Whitney www.randwhitney.com/packaging- Waterbury CT Paper Converter Paperboard Container LLC company Greif Chicopee MA www.greif.com Paper Converter Cores & tubes New England Sheets Devens MA www.randwhitney.com Paper Converter Paperboard Ox Industries Holliston MA https://oxindustries.com Paper Converter Cores & tubes Rand-Whitney www.randwhitney.com/packaging- Worcester MA Paper Converter Paperboard Container LLC company Seaman Paper Otter River MA www.seamanpaper.com Paper Converter Tissue Sullivan Paper West Springfield MA www.sullivanpaper.com Paper Converter Gift wrap Ufp Technologies Inc Newburyport MA www.ufpt.com Newspaper Converter Molded pulp products WestRock Devens MA www.westrock.com Paper Converter Corrugated cardboard Dry felt roofing Maryland Paper Williamsport MD www.marylandpaper.com Paper Converter underlayment; facer roofing Company insulation; & pallet sheets WestRock Baltimore MD www.westrock.com Paper Converter Corrugated cardboard Huhtamaki N.A Waterville ME www.huhtamaki.com Newspaper Converter Food service packaging RTS Packaging Scarborough ME www.rtspackaging.com Paper Converter Corrugated cardboard Sonoco Pittsfield ME www.sonoco.com Paper Converter Cores & tubes Volk Packaging Corp. Biddeford ME www.volkboxes.com Paper Converter Boxes Paperboard, folding cartons, Graphic Packaging Concord NH www.graphicpkg.com Paper Converter foodservice packaging Rand-Whitney www.randwhitney.com/packaging- Dover NH Paper Converter Paperboard Container LLC company McLean Packaging Corp. Moorestown NJ www.mcleanpackaging.com Paper Converter Folding cartons McLean Packaging Corp. Pennsauken NJ www.mcleanpackaging.com Paper Converter Corrugated packaging Sonoco Dayton NJ www.sonoco.com Packaging Converter Rigid paper cans Marcal, A Soundview Paper towels, napkins, & Elmwood Park NJ https://closedloop.marcalpro.com Paper Converter Paper Company tissue, WestRock Dayton NJ www.westrock.com Paper Converter Corrugated cardboard Cascades Containerboard Schenectady NY www.cascades.com Paper Converter Paperboard Packaging

4 Company City State URL Material Business type Product Cascades Containerboard Lancaster NY www.cascades.com Paper Converter Paperboard Packaging Cascades Containerboard Niagara Falls NY www.cascades.com Paper Converter Paperboard Packaging Cascades Containerboard Niagara Falls NY www.cascades.com Paper Converter Paperboard Packaging Engineered Components & Fairport NY www.ecpplastictrays.com Pulp Converter Egg trays Packaging Llc Fossil Graphics Deer Park NY www.fossilgraphics.com Paper Converter Signage PaperWork Industries Baldwinsville NY www.paperworksindustries.com Paper Converter Paperboard Pratt Industries New Windsor NY www.prattindustries.com Paper Converter Paper WestRock Solvay NY www.westrock.com Paper Converter Containerboard WestRock Camillus NY www.westrock.com Paper Converter Corrugated cardboard WestRock Deer Park NY www.westrock.com Paper Converter Corrugated cardboard Applegate Insulation Chambersburg PA www.applegateinsulation.com Paper Converter Insulation Chambersburg Waste Chambersburg PA www.cwprecycle.com Paper Converter Animal bedding Paper Company Inc Cartons, packaging and D.S.Smith Reading PA www.dssmith.com/recycling Paper Converter displays Erie Energy Products Erie PA www.erieenergyproducts.com Paper Converter Cellulose insulation Greif Lancaster PA www.greif.com Paper Converter Fiber drums McLean Packaging Corp. Nazareth PA www.mcleanpackaging.com Paper Converter Rigid paper box National Gypsum New Columbia PA www.nationalgypsum.com Paper Converter Gypsum Board Newman & Company Philadelphia PA www.newmanpaperboard.com Paper Converter Paperboard Ox Industries Hanover PA https://oxindustries.com Paper Converter Cores & tubes Ox Industries York PA https://oxindustries.com Paper Converter Corrugated & paperboard PittMoss LLC Ambridge PA www.pittmoss.com Paper Converter Animal bedding Pratt Industries Emmaus PA www.prattindustries.com Paper Converter Paper Pratt Industries Reading PA www.prattindustries.com Paper Converter Paper Sonoco Robesonia PA www.sonoco.com Paper Converter Cores & tubes Sonoco York PA www.sonoco.com Paper Converter Display & packaging

5 Company City State URL Material Business type Product Specialty Industries: A www.randwhitney.com/packaging- Division of Rand- Red Lion PA Paper Converter Paperboard company Whitney Delaware River WestRock PA www.westrock.com Paper Converter Paperboard Water Gap WestRock Coal Center PA www.westrock.com Paper Converter Corrugated cardboard Yazoo Mills Inc New Oxford PA www.yazoomills.com Paper Converter Cores & tubes Rand-Whitney www.randwhitney.com/packaging- Pawtucket RI Paper Converter Paperboard Container LLC company Marcal, A Soundview Paper towels, napkins, & Putney VT https://closedloop.marcalpro.com Paper Converter Paper Company tissue, WestRock Sheldon VT www.westrock.com Paper Converter Paperboard Rand-Whitney Montville CT None Paper Manufacturer Paperboard Containerboard LP American Thermoplastic Pittsburg PA www.binders.com Paper Manufacturer Binders Company Continuus Materials Philadelphia PA www.continuusmaterials.com Paper Manufacturer Roofing Erving Paper Erving MA www.ervingpaper.com Paper Paper mill Tissue and towel OCC & Greif Fitchburg MA www.greif.com Paper mill Paper mixed Nine Dragons Rumford ME https://us.ndpaper.com Paper Paper mill Paper & pulp Natural & white Kraft, OCC, APC Paper Group Claremont NH www.apcpapergroup.com Paper Paper mill toweling, tissue, specialty papers Gorham Paper & Tissue Gorham NH www.gorhampt.com Paper Paper mill Toweling & tissues Natural & white Kraft, OCC, APC Paper Group Norfolk NY www.apcpapergroup.com Paper Paper mill toweling, tissue, specialty papers Ox Industries Carthage NY https://oxindustries.com Paper Paper mill Paper Pratt Industries Staten Island NY www.prattindustries.com Paper Paper mill Paper American Eagle Paper Tyrone PA www.aepaper.com Paper Paper mill Paper Mills Paper Mill & Sonoco Holyoke MA www.sonoco.com Paper Cores & tubes Converter

6 Plastic Company City State URL Material Business Type Product Aaron Industries Leominster MA www.aaroninc.com HDPE, PP Compounder Compounds & resins Corporation Monmouth Nuvida Plastics NJ http://nuvidaplastics.com HDPE, PP Compounder Compounds & resins Junction Sonoco Chatham NY www.sonoco.com HDPE, PET Compounder Injection molding /extrusion Post-consumer PET used in Oxford Polymers New Britain CT www.oxfordpolymers.com PET Manufacturer pens Advanced Drainage Ludlow MA www.ads-pipe.com HDPE Manufacturer Drainage pipes Systems Thermoform food EasyPak Leominster MA https://easypak.com PET Manufacturer packaging Placon W. Springfield MA www.placon.com PET Manufacturer Bottles Toothbrushes, razors, table Preserve Products Waltham MA www.preserveproducts.com PP Manufacturer & kitchen ware Advanced Drainage Mt. Airy MD www.ads-pipe.com HDPE Manufacturer Drainage pipes Systems Advanced Drainage Logan NJ www.ads-pipe.com HDPE Manufacturer Drainage pipes Systems Advanced Drainage Waverly NY www.ads-pipe.com HDPE Manufacturer Drainage pipes Systems Lane Enterprises Ballston Spa NY https://lane-enterprises.com HDPE Manufacturer Drainage pipes Advanced Drainage Muncy PA www.ads-pipe.com HDPE Manufacturer Drainage pipes Systems Aeolian Enterprises, Loyalhanna PA www.windriverfence.com HDPE Manufacturer Fencing Inc. Alpha Packaging Bethlehem PA www.alphap.com HDPE, PET Manufacturer Containers Amcor Mountain Top PA www.amcor.com PET Manufacturer Food & beverage containers Amcor Allentown PA www.amcor.com PET Manufacturer Food & beverage containers American Thermoplastic Pittsburg PA www.binders.com HDPE Manufacturer Binders Company Adirondack Chairs, benches, Casual Living Products New Holland PA www.clunlimited.com HPDE Manufacturer tables, & commercial site Unlimited, LLC furnishings

7 Company City State URL Material Business Type Product 4 preferred (2, 5, 7 Continuus Materials Philadelphia PA www.continuusmaterials.com Manufacturer Roofing limited quantities) Drug Plastics & Glass Boyertown PA www.drugplastics.com HDPE, PET Manufacturer Prescription Bottles Co., Inc. East Penn Manufacturing Co., Lyon Station PA www.dekabatteries.com PP Manufacturer Battery cases Inc. Thermoform food EasyPak Bethlehem PA https://easypak.com PET Manufacturer packaging Emeco Industries Inc. Hanover PA www.emeco.net PET Manufacturer Plastic bottles Forta Corporation Grove City PA www.forta-ferro.com PP Manufacturer Concrete Graham Packaging York PA www.grahampackaging.com HDPE Manufacturer Plastic bottles Company, L.P. HydroBlox Warrendale PA www.hydroblox.com 3 - 7 Manufacturer Drainage management Technologies HydroBlox Greenwood PA www.hydroblox.com 3 - 7 Manufacturer Drainage management Technologies Township KW Plastics Allentown PA www.kwplastics.com HDPE Manufacturer Paint containers Lane Enterprises Shippensburg PA https://lane-enterprises.com HDPE Manufacturer Drainage pipes Leo Sewell Philadelphia PA www.leosewell.net Mixed Manufacturer Decorative products Promotional Morco, Inc. Cochranton PA www.morcoline.com HDPE Manufacturer Products Novelty Manufacturing Lancaster PA www.noveltymfg.com HPDE Manufacturer Flower watering cans Co Pac Strapping Exton PA www.strapsolutions.com PP Manufacturer Manual grade strapping Products, Inc. Rehrig Pacific Erie PA www.rehrigpacific.com HDPE Manufacturer Recycling Containers Company Trigon Plastics Newmanstown PA www.trigonplastics.com HDPE Manufacturer Plastic lumber Milk jugs; agricultural pots; Waste Not Saylorsburg PA www.plasticfencing.us HDPE Manufacturer Kitty Litter containers; Technologies, LLC fencing Windsor Barrel Works & Kettle Creek Ottsville PA www.windsorbarrel.com HDPE Manufacturer Recycling containers Corporation Parallel Products South Boston MA www.parallelproducts.com PET, PP Reclaimer Flake Parallel Products New Bedford MA www.parallelproducts.com PET, PP Reclaimer Flake 8 Company City State URL Material Business Type Product South Pro Pel Plastech MA www.pro-pel.com HDPE Reclaimer Pellets Deerfield BSD Plastics Marlboro NY www.bsdplastics.com PET, HDPE, PP Reclaimer Pellets/flake Parallel Products Bronx NY www.parallelproducts.com PET, PP Reclaimer Flake Poly Quest Farmingdale NY www.polyquest.com PET, PP Reclaimer Pellets/flake TOMRA New York Schenectady NY www.tomra.com PET Reclaimer Flake Recycling (TNYR) TOMRA New York Farmington NY www.tomra.com PET Reclaimer Flake Recycling (TNYR) TOMRA New York Syracuse NY www.tomra.com PET, green only Reclaimer Flake Recycling (TNYR) UltrePET Albany NY www.ultrepet.com PET Reclaimer Pellets/flake Advanced Drainage Clarion PA www.ads-pipe.com HDPE Reclaimer Pellets Systems EFS-Plastics Hazelton PA www.efs-plastics.ca 3 - 7 Reclaimer Pellets/flake EPI Recycling Solutions Erie PA http://engineeredplastics.com Bulky rigid Reclaimer Pellet Philadelphia Plastic Conshohocken PA www.philaplast.com HDPE, PET, PP Reclaimer Pellets/flake Recycling Trigon Plastics Newmanstown PA www.trigonplastics.com HDPE Reclaimer Pellets/flake Reclaimer & Nursery Supplies Inc. Chambersburg PA www.nurserysupplies.com HDPE Nursery supplies manufacturer

9 Glass Company City State URL Material Business type Product South Clear, green, brown, Strategic Materials CT www.strategicmaterials.com Beneficiator Cullet Windsor & 3-mix Clear, green, brown, Pace Glass Jersey City NJ www.paceglass.com Beneficiator Cullet & 3-mix Clear, green, brown, CAP Glass Allentown, LLC Northampton PA www.capglassrecycling.com Beneficiator Cullet & sand & 3-mix Harsco Minerals Clear, green, brown, Beneficiator & Cullet & abrasive Orwigsburg PA www.blackbeautyabrasives.com International & 3-mix manufacturer products Ardagh Group Bridgeton NJ www.ardaghgroup.com Cullet Manufacturer Clear bottles Cullet Clear, green, RecycALL Port Allegany PA None Beneficiator Food grade class brown Johns Manville Berlin NJ www.jm.com Cullet Manufacturer Fiberglass Anchor Glass Container Elmira NY https://anchorglass.com Cullet Manufacturer Glass bottles Corp. Owens Corning Delmar NY www.owenscorning.com Cullet Manufacturer Fiberglass Owens-Illinois Glass Auburn NY www.o-i.com Cullet Manufacturer Clear bottles Urban Mining NE New Rochelle NY www.urbanminingne.com Cullet Manufacturer Pozzolan Glass foam AEROAggregates LLC Eddystone PA www.aeroaggregates.com Cullet Manufacturer aggregate Clear & brown Ardagh Group Alleghany PA www.ardaghgroup.com Cullet Manufacturer bottles Owens-Illinois Glass Brockport PA www.o-i.com Cullet Manufacturer Green bottles Owens-Illinois Glass Crenshaw PA www.o-i.com Cullet Manufacturer Clear bottles Jewelry & White Light Productions Downingtown PA www.seaglass.us Clear, green & brown Manufacturer decorations

10 Aluminum Company City State URL Material Business Type Product Bristol Levittown PA https://bristolaluminum.com Alloyed aluminum billet Extruder Various products Aluminum Ilsco Greenville PA https://ilscoextrusions.com Alloyed aluminum billet Extruder Various products www.crowncork.com/beverage- Food & beverage Crown Nichols NY UBC Manufacturer packaging containers, beer caps American Thermoplastic Pittsburg PA www.binders.com Aluminum Manufacturer Binders Company Reclaimer & Novelis Oswego NY www.novelis.com UBC Can sheet manufacturer Foil/pie plates, aluminum aerosol Gottlieb Inc. Neville www.aluminumdeox.com PA cans, cat food containers, non-UBC Smelter Ingot Island aluminum