Recycling Flexible Films Curbside Provides Positive Returns
Innovative recycling program diverts over 2.7 million pounds of flexible films from landfill
Ann Arbor, Mich., April 20, 2023 – Resource Recycling Systems (RRS) is pleased to announce completion of the Materials Recovery for the Future Project which culminated in a final report. The RRS Research Team produced design specifications, multi-year bale monitoring, and end market research to support production of a new commodity MRF bale called rFlex.
Packaging producers and brand owners collectively funded RRS research and an equipment upgrade to the TotalRecycle Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) located in Berks Country, Pennsylvania. Operated by J.P. Mascaro & Sons, this was the first MRF in the nation to accept flexible plastic packaging (FPP) along with other consumer recyclables in curbside recycling carts.
TotalRecycle MRF successfully diverted over 2.7 million pounds of flexible plastic packaging from its landfills. Today, nearly 60,000 …