Vehicles that have reached the end of their usefulness (end-of-life vehicles, or ELVs) are often granted a final parting gift in the form of a one-way ticket to the junkyard. The New End Market Opportunities (NEMO) for ELVs project is finding ways to collect and reprocess plastic parts from discarded automobiles so they can either be put back to use in automotive applications or reborn as new products.
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Citrus Heights, CA
OceanBound Plastic Program
Chico, CA
State-of-the-art MRF
Orlando, FL
Hefty® EnergyBag®
Cobb County, GA
Hefty® EnergyBag®
Boise, ID
Chicago Healthcare Plastics Recycling
Chicago, IL
Bag-2-Bag® Recycling
North Vernon, IN
Indiana Recycling Expansion
Connersville, IN
Waste Polystyrene as Feedstock
St. James, LA
New Recycling Technologies on Display
Ipswich, MA
Home for Foam
Mason, MI
NEMO for End of Life Vehicles
Flint, MI
Hefty® EnergyBag®
Omaha, NE
Hefty® EnergyBag®
Lincoln, NE
Better Recycling (and Biodegradability) through Additives
Amherst, NH
Circular Blu
Bradford, NH
OceanBound Plastic Program
Greensboro, NC
NEMO for End of Life Vehicles
Waverly, OH
Revolutionizing Polypropylene (PP) Recycling
Ironton, OH
Pacific Northwest (PNW) Recycling Project
Portland, OR
Recycled PS Monomer
Tigard, OR
Regenyx
Tigard, OR
Geomembrane Recycling
Portland, PA
Materials Recovery for the Future (MRFF)
Birdsboro, PA
NEMO for End of Life Vehicles
Portland, PA
Scoring a Goal, Closing the Loop
Philadelphia, PA
Carbon Renewal Technology
Kingsport, TN
Tennessee Recycling Expansion
Morristown, TN
Bag-2-Bag® Recycling
Roanoke, TX
Plastic Asphalt
Freeport, TX
Pathway 21
Seattle, WA
EcoStar
Madison, WI
Modernizing Infrastructure
Updating waste management infrastructure to collect and recycle more plastics.
Advancing Recycling Innovation
Inventing new ways to generate value from used plastic.
Developing End Markets
Connecting the demand for recycled plastics to the supply.
Vehicles that have reached the end of their usefulness (end-of-life vehicles, or ELVs) are often granted a final parting gift in the form of a one-way ticket to the junkyard. The New End Market Opportunities (NEMO) for ELVs project is finding ways to collect and reprocess plastic parts from discarded automobiles so they can either be put back to use in automotive applications or reborn as new products.
Take actionDeveloping End Markets
Waverly, OH
By The Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS), Ultra-Poly, ACI and Geo-Tech
Vehicles that have reached the end of their usefulness (end-of-life vehicles, or ELVs) are often granted a final parting gift in the form of a one-way ticket to the junkyard. The New End Market Opportunities (NEMO) for ELVs project is finding ways to collect and reprocess plastic parts from discarded automobiles so they can either be put back to use in automotive applications or reborn as new products.
Why it Matters
The more the ELV program grows, the more likely it is that the plastic in the cars of today will be harvested and put to good use before the end up in the automotive equivalent of a landfill.
Plastic waste is a valuable resource, and we’re missing an opportunity to do more. You can be a part of a positive change. Join the grassroots movement and contact your elected official with the click of a button.
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