"We do not only use PCR, we create it"

" We not only employ PCR , we make it , " says East Jordan Plastics ' Owen Diller . " We take containers made for and used in the horticulture diligence and reprocess them into novel horticultural containers . " Since the early 1960s , this Michigan - based company has been committed to minimizing waste and maximize sustainability . They ’ve invested in a shut - grummet process and , last year , they earned the Post - Consumer Recycled ( PCR ) Plastic Certification . average out across all product lines , more than 25 % of the raw material East Jordan Plastics uses in their tray , stool , and container comes from PCR plastic , and over 70 % of their total raw materials fare from reprocess generator .

East Jordan Plastics , South Haven , MIClosed - loop processAll recycling takes berth at two facilities — a 150,000 - satisfying - foot facility in South Haven , Michigan and a 260,000 - solid - animal foot installation in Lyons , Georgia . Through their unsympathetic - loop process , East Jordan Plastics takes horticultural containers used within the industry and recycles them into new horticultural container , ensure materials ride out within the same diligence , reducing waste , and promoting true disk shape . " Each year , we recycle approximately 20 million pounds of used horticultural container — tantamount to 952,000,000 SP433 trays — giving new life story to plastics while significantly reducing environmental encroachment . to boot , we reprocess not just post - consumer but also post - industrial plastic , further minimizing the industriousness ’s ecologic footprint . "

demonstrate PCR plasticIn March 2024 , East Jordan Plastics achieved aPost - Consumer Recycled ( PCR ) Plastic Certificationfrom AM Testing and became an active participant in the Association of Plastic Recyclers ( APR ) PCR Certification Program . This certification secure that all used horticultural containers from gamy - Density Polyethylene ( HDPE ) , Polypropylene ( PP ) , and Polystyrene ( PS ) materials process at their facilities meet tight standard for post - consumer recycled content . Growing demand for sustainabilitySince the 1940s , East Jordan Plastics ' mission has remain the same : to grow environmentally responsible solutions that exceed growers ' timber standards while championing sustainable manufacturing . Over the long time , they are visualize demand for sustainability growing . " By leveraging decades of experience , proven recycling processes , and manufacture expertness , we assist growers implement sustainable solutions that benefit not just their operations but also the industry and the planet as a whole . It ’s sustainability done right , right here . "

For more information : East Jordan Plastics , Inc.www.eastjordanplastics.com