Vinyl Sustainability Council Presents 2024 Recycling Award to the Polymeric Exterior Products Association
LOUISVILLE, KY, December 9, 2024 – The Vinyl Sustainability Council (VSC) awarded the Polymeric Exterior Products Association (PEPA) with the 2024 Recycling Award for their Revinylize Recycling Collaborative. After a two-year pilot program, PEPA officially launched their rigid vinyl recycling program in December 2023.
The Vinyl Sustainability Council Recycling Award recognizes the efforts of recyclers and product manufacturers with operations in North America that find new solutions and or markets for PVC end-of-life or scrap materials, increase use of recycled vinyl content in their products, and/or engage in partnerships with companies in take-back programs.
Revinylize officially launched in December 2023 with the help of a VIABILITY grant from the Vinyl Institute, and in partnership with the Plastic Pipe and Fittings Association (PPFA) and initial verification from some of North America’s top rigid vinyl recyclers – JP Industrial, Return Polymers, Viking Recycling, and Lastique. After a successful launch in Northeast Ohio, the program has expanded to Nashville, Tennessee, Pittsburgh, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as well as Louisville, Kentucky. Revinylize aims to recycle 5 million pounds of post-consumer rigid vinyl during 2025. As of August 2023, the collaborative had recycled half a million pounds.
“We are proud to present the 2024 Recycling Award to PEPA for their innovative Revinylize Recycling Collaborative,” said Jay Thomas, Executive Director of the VSC. “We have been impressed with the program’s success in Ohio and expansion across state lines, and we look forward to watching Revinylize continue to grow and divert more post-consumer PVC away from landfills and back into the circular economy.”
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 vantagevinyl.com/vinyl-sustainability-council/.
About the Polymeric Exterior Products Association (PEPA)
The Polymeric Exterior Products Association (PEPA) is the trade association representing the wide range of polymeric exterior products used to build resilient, beautiful home exteriors across North America. Our goal is to create more relevance, value and impact for our products for all those in the value chain. By uniting members across our category, we aim to promote the benefits of polymeric products to the homebuilding industry and drive a more significant impact than ever before.
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