What do Piscataway, NJ, Reidsville, NC and Chino, CA have in Common for Recycled HDPE?

We started with a concept and state of the art HDPE recycling systems from Union Carbide Corporation's Plastic Recycling business, located in Piscataway, NJ, but no physical plant to manufacture. Envision Plastics was formed in 2001 after obtaining proprietary rights and patented technologies from Union Carbide. At the same time, 2 newly acquired facilities, FCR (Casella Waste) Plastic Recycling in Reidsville, NC and USPL in Chino CA, provided the manufacturing platforms needed for the production of recycled HDPE resin. The locations of these 2 facilities also allowed for ease in distribution from either coast to our customers.

Envision Plastics has since commercialized the production of these core Union Carbide technologies and improved them to their current industry leading positions. These proprietary and patented technologies became:

• , FDA approved, food grade recycled HDPE resin
• , custom color sorted recycled HDPE resin

Envision Plastics is a recognized industry leader in post consumer recycled polyolefin resins. This leading position has been built by superior product quality and value-added product offerings distinguishing Envision's customer mix from the industry norm for recycled plastics companies. As a result, our portfolio of clients includes premier users of PCR and leaders in the next generation of recycling processes.

Industry Leaders and Participation

We also drive standards in our industry. We are a member of the APR (Association of Post Consumer Plastic Recyclers) where we have sat on the executive board for 12 years. APR provides design guidelines for recyclability and critical guidance for innovations and packaging.

We actively participate on Wal-Mart's SVN (Supplier Value Network). It is a 150 member group of companies who consult with Wal-Mart on how to create a truly sustainable packaging score card. This score card directs the consumer product companies on how their package ranks and this ranking determines where the placement of their product goes on their shelf. We are the only HDPE recycler who sits on this committee.

We are also active members of SERDC, CRA and NRC. SERDC is the SouthEastern Recycling Development Council, CRA is The Carolina's Recycling Association, and NRC is the National Recycling Association.

Take advantage of our expertise and leadership in plastics recycling production and design. We offer consulting services designed to optimize your production and minimize materials. Some plastics production processes generate significant industrial scrap. We can analyze your processes and help design reclamation techniques in your processes for reusing this scrap, thereby reducing your materials cost as well as applying best sustainability practices for your clients.  If industrial scrap is inherent in the process, we can toll process the material through our sister company, Ecoplast Corporation, www.ecoplastcorp.com, so that it can be completely reused.

PROVEN TECHNOLOGY. . . COST SAVING EFFICIENCY . . . VERIFIABLE SUSTAINABILITY

Technology - What Sets Us Apart As Leaders in PCR

• Innovations you'll find in our PRISMA product:
  • Patented color sorting recycling process. Can distinguish and sort up to 40 Million shades of color. Creates a recycled plastic color unique to each client. Ensures absolute consistency of every product. Allows molders to reduce the use of colorants. Saves our clients materials and money.
  • Garners better Environmental Stress Crack Resistance properties than typical natural recycled resins.
• Innovations you'll find in our EcoPrime product:
• No other HDPE recycling company has U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved material - is the first and only line of post consumer HDPE resins approved by the FDA for use in food products.
• Involves a unique intense cleaning process.
• Is perfect for use in milk and juice containers. Can be used in any food contact application where virgin HDPE resin is currently used.
• Can be used in flexible packaging for direct food contact

Efficiency - What Makes Our Customers Happy

• Plants on both coasts
• Envision Plastics secures steady supplies of materials through supply agreements
• Envision Plastics recycles 100 million pounds of HDPE plastic annually
• Ensures consistent and on time delivery of flake and pellet - Employs more than 100 people to ensure on time production and delivery

Sustainability - What Saves Our Planet

• Today’s marketplace is showing an increased demand for sustainable products
• HDPE is sustainable
• Envision Plastics creates HDPE flake and pellet that: increases the sustainability rating of the product, produces 25% less greenhouse gas emissions than virgin resins, reduces material by eliminating the need for colorants, reuses material by replacing virgin resin, and is 100% post consumer recycled content
• Envision Plastics offers toll processing services, through its sister company, Ecoplast Corporation, to the plastics molding industry, allowing molders to reuse their own plant scrap.

Need more information? Envision Plastics' Customer Service Representative Stephanie Allen will be happy to discuss how Envision can meet your sustainable packaging needs. Contact her at 336/342-4749 Ext 233.

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