Lakeland Polymers Joins Vinyl Sustainability Council
WASHINGTON, DC, Feb. 17, 2020 – The Vinyl Sustainability Council (VSC), a self-funded business council advancing sustainability in the vinyl industry, is pleased to welcome Lakeland Polymers as a V-Cycle member.
“Increasing the volume of post-consumer recycled PVC is an important goal of the vinyl industry.” said Jay Thomas, VSC Executive Director. “Vinyl is inherently recyclable and an important aspect of its circularity. Having in place the infrastructure to allow for increased recycling is a key component to increasing recycling rates. Adding companies such as Lakeland Polymers to our V-Cycle membership is critical to our success. I’m excited to work with them to increase our industry’s recycling efforts.”
Lakeland Polymers, headquartered in Boonton, New Jersey, is a leader in plastic scrap recycling with more than 75 years of combined experience in buying and selling scrap and surplus plastic. They are committed to finding clean sources of scrap products and take pride in contributing to a more sustainable environment.
“We’re grateful that a coalition like the VSC exists,” said Dave Maute, Lakeland Polymers Co-Owner. “Lakeland has been in the ‘landfill avoidance’ business since its inception in 1979, and we’re excited to join and broaden the reach of both our company’s and industry’s recycling efforts, together.”
The VSC is open for membership to any company within the U.S. vinyl value chain from resin manufacturer to product retailer. The V-Cycle membership category is open to any vinyl recycler. Members work together to develop and implement best practices and innovation leading to continuous improvement throughout the industry, while promoting these achievements to key stakeholders. To learn more about the VSC and to become a member, please visit https://vantagevinyl.com/vinyl-sustainability-council/
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About the Vinyl Sustainability Council
The Vinyl Sustainability Council (VSC), founded in 2016 in partnership with the Vinyl Institute, is a council created to advance the vinyl industry’s efforts in addressing sustainability. The VSC is a collaborative platform for companies, organizations and other industry stakeholders to come together to create a sustainable development path for the industry. For more information, please visit https://vantagevinyl.com/vinyl-sustainability-council/.
About Lakeland Polymers
Established in 1999, Lakeland Polymers has continually expanded its sustainability reach, recycling over 160 million pounds of post-industrial and post-consumer plastics in the last two years. While rigid and flexible PVC account for more than 50% of Lakeland’s recycling efforts, we have diversified into other markets including olefins, PVB, Nylon and PET. We pride ourselves on establishing relationships with manufacturers who have a similar focus and goals. We partner with our clients in the U.S., Europe and Mexico to reduce their carbon footprint, keep material out of landfills, and help reduce their raw material costs. In addition to our main office in New Jersey, we expanded into Ohio in 2017. We now have offices and over 60,000 Sq. ft in warehouse space in Ohio. We offer grinding, sorting, material consolidation and repackaging to help promote our zero-landfill goal. For more information, please visit https://www.lakelandpolymers.com/.