This Is Plastics: Pathway 21

Rethinking Recycling

Pathway 21 operates a cloud-based Materials Marketplace—participants sign up and provide information about reusable materials and services they want to trade, sell or purchase. The Marketplace actively analyzes materials desired and available, and sends participants curated matches. When buyers and sellers are ready to make a transaction, the Marketplace walks them through the process, actively facilitating their communications.

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Hefty® EnergyBag®

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.

Pathway 21 operates a cloud-based Materials Marketplace—participants sign up and provide information about reusable materials and services they want to trade, sell or purchase. The Marketplace actively analyzes materials desired and available, and sends participants curated matches. When buyers and sellers are ready to make a transaction, the Marketplace walks them through the process, actively facilitating their communications.

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Developing End Markets

Pathway 21

Seattle, WA

By Pathway 21

Pathway 21 operates a cloud-based Materials Marketplace—participants sign up and provide information about reusable materials and services they want to trade, sell or purchase. The Marketplace actively analyzes materials desired and available, and sends participants curated matches. When buyers and sellers are ready to make a transaction, the Marketplace walks them through the process, actively facilitating their communications.

Why it Matters

Reuse could be one of the most overlooked of the Rs in the plastics supply chain. Pathway 21 aims to connect companies looking for materials at a discount with companies that have perfectly usable materials laying around and holds their hand throughout the transaction. Aside from the benefit this has for companies on either side of the transaction (the buyer gets what they were looking for at a discount while the latter realizes a profit they hadn’t planned on), this sort of social system could yield greener products for consumers at lower prices.

Take Action for Better Recycling

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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Resources for Industry Champions

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