Alliance to End Plastic Waste to scale up hard-to-recycle plastic conversion firm

Alliance to End Plastic Waste to scale up hard-to-recycle plastic conversion firm
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The Alliance to End Plastic Waste (Alliance), a global nonprofit that says it is dedicated to ending plastic waste, and the Center for Regenerative Design and Collaboration (CRDC), a construction materials manufacturer based in Heredia, Costa Rica, say they plan to scale up a solution to convert hard-to-recycle plastic scrap into a concrete additive for building and construction applications. 

According to a news release from the Alliance, the two will expand CRDC’s footprint in North America with a 14,000-square-foot production plant in York, Pennsylvania. CRDC also will scale up its existing production plant in Costa Rica from small-scale commercial production to a full-scale commercial capacity of 90 tons per day when fully operational by 2022.

The CRDC says the two facilities will process up to 24,000 metric tons of plastic scrap per year combined. They will accept all types of mixed plastic scrap that would otherwise be sent to landfill or be incinerated to produce the concrete additive, Resin8. The product is suitable for numerous applications, including concrete blocks and pavers, precast concrete and poured-in-place concrete. 

“CRDC Global is proud to partner with the Alliance to End Plastic Waste to put circularity to work by scaling up the production of RESIN8, a product that has a positive impact on both the plastics and the construction industries,” says Donald Thomson, chairman and founder of CRDC Global. “Resin8 was designed by and for the construction industry as a functional step towards net-zero.”

The CRDC says the material is up to 15 percent lighter or stronger, depending on its usage, and has up to 20 percent better insulation properties than traditional concrete. Resin8 has been used by Habitat for Humanity to build housing in Latin America, according to the company.

“The Alliance is on a mission to end plastic waste in the environment, which means finding viable solutions to advance a circular economy and ensuring their ability to scale for impact,” says Jacob Duer, president and CEO of the Alliance. “We’re excited to deliver this solution to the North and Central American markets, with the aim of bringing this to a global audience.”

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Source: Recycling Today
Alliance to End Plastic Waste to scale up hard-to-recycle plastic conversion firm
<![CDATA[The Alliance to End Plastic Waste (Alliance), a global nonprofit that says it is dedicated to ending plastic waste, and the Center for Regenerative Design and Collaboration (CRDC), a construction materials manufacturer based in Heredia, Costa Rica, say they plan to scale up a solution to convert hard-to-recycle plastic scrap into a concrete additive for building and construction applications.  According to a news release from the Alliance, the two will expand CRDC’s footprint in North America with a 14,000-square-foot production plant in York, Pennsylvania. CRDC also will scale up its existing production plant in Costa Rica from small-scale commercial production to a full-scale commercial capacity of 90 tons per day when fully operational by 2022. The CRDC says the two facilities will process up to 24,000 metric tons of plastic scrap per year combined. They will accept all types of mixed plastic scrap that would otherwise be sent to landfill or be incinerated to produce the concrete additive, Resin8. The product is suitable for numerous applications, including concrete blocks and pavers, precast concrete and poured-in-place concrete.  “CRDC Global is proud to partner with the Alliance to End Plastic Waste to put circularity to work by scaling up the production of…