Founded in Clyde, Ohio, in 1998, Evergreen recycles post-consumer PET bottles into recycled PET resin for packaging manufacturers. From its first 75,000-square-foot plant and 35 employees, the company has grown to four North American locations with capacity to process more than 4.4 billion bottles and produce 125 million pounds of food-grade rPET annually. AI-enabled sorting robotics support Evergreen’s effort to capture more usable material and keep PET in circulation.
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Phoenix Technologies International, LLCPhoenix Technologies International turns post-consumer plastic bottles into clean, consistent recycled PET resin pellets at its 90,000-square-foot Ohio facility. The company has focused exclusively on PET recycling and pelletizing for more than two decades, using patented purification and fine-mesh filtration technology to make rPET suitable for food and non-food packaging. Its Fairview Avenue facility is ISO certified and produces approximately 80 million pounds of rPET annually.BOWLING GREEN, OH
PET Processors, L.L.CCreated in 1986 as a stand-alone business, privately held PET Processors grew out of a Northeast Ohio plant with roots reaching back to 1937. The company is known for 35 years of polymer-processing expertise and has been recycling PET since 1987, serving industrial customers from a 440,000-plus-square-foot facility on more than 175 acres. PET Processors holds ISO 9001:2015 registration.PAINESVILLE, OH
Everrank IncEverrank Inc. manufactures recycled PET sheet material for packaging and other applications, using post-consumer bottle and thermoform feedstock. The Victorville-based company describes a recycling supply chain involving joint ventures in Mexico, Japan, and Australia, where PET packaging is washed before being processed into flake and extruded sheet.MASSILLON, OH
Papier-MettlerKnown for building its business around post-consumer recycling, Papier-Mettler has expanded that work since 1992. The company makes packaging for food, retail, and industrial customers, using recovered plastic and paper in closed-loop programs that turn waste back into new packaging.MOOREFIELD, WV