Dive Summary:
- Command Packaging announced it will open Encore Recycling, a 130,000 square-foot plant that will recycle agricultural plastics, which is slated to begin its operations this fall.
- The company manufactures reusable shopping and restaurant bags and is developing a closed-loop recycling model to divert plastics from entering landfills.
- The facility is expected to recycle over 100 million pounds of plastics each year, collaborating with farmers to process and recycle plastics to be turned into "smarterbags," which will be available at grocery stores in California.
From the article:
"Encore Recycling leading the way to help California create the standard for a sustainable and closed-loop recycling system throughout the U.S.,” Pete Grande, CEO of Command Packaging and Encore Recycling said.
Some of the largest multi-national and recognizable names such as Dole, Driscoll, Pacific Gold Farms, Ramco, Red Blossom Strawberries, as well as many independent growers, are working with Encore Recycling to ensure that their plastic is collected and recycled.
"It offers us the unique opportunity to avoid sending approximately 135 tons of agricultural plastic to the landfill,” Thomas Flewell of Dole Berry Company said.
