Dive Brief:

• Geo-Tech Polymers opened a plastics recycling plant in Waverly, Ohio.

• The company's focus is recycling plastic components for the retail packaging industry.

• The process used at the plant turns decorated plastic scraps into recycled resin.

Dive Insight:

Geo-Tech is a division of Wastren Advantage, Inc., a waste management and recycling services company. This is the second recycling facility the company operates in Ohio. Combines, the plants are capable of processing up to 30 million pounds of plastics for the automotive, retail packaging and other industries.