NPE Recycling Program
RECYCLING NPE2024 BOOTH PLASTICS SCRAP
Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) offered a complimentary, full-service program to recycle plastic scrap generated during NPE2024. Plastic scrap is defined as plastic material manufactured on the show floor that features recycling codes 1 through 7 and needs to be repurposed.
Check back soon to find out how many pounds of scrap we were able to recycle!
RECYCLING IN ACTION AT NPE2024
SUSTAINABILITY BY THE NUMBERS
Join us in bringing together a strong economical waste reduction/recycling solution for NPE2024. It is our goal to show members, brand owners, show participants, media and the public the strides our industry is making in both the products we produce, as well as the methods our industry is taking to help us fulfill our PLASTICS mission of Zero Waste.
607
tons of plastics scrap generated at NPE2018
89%
recycled at NPE2018
535
tons diverted
from landfill
100%
diversion rate: our goal for NPE2024
WE CHALLENGED THE INDUSTRY TO ACHIEVE A 100% DIVERSION RATE AT NPE2024! CHECK BACK FOR FINAL NUMBERS SOON.
THE NPE RECYCLING PROGRAM
Free to participating exhibitors, the NPE Recycling Program was sponsored by Commercial Plastics Recycling (CPR), Conair and WEIMA. The program was enthusiastically embraced in 2015 and 2018, and once again in 2024.
Exhibits that generated large volumes of scrap included an area for collection container storage so that we could meet our goal: No plastic scrap generated during NPE2024 will be disposed of as waste.
Check back soon to find out if we succeeded!
SPONSORED BY
SUSTAINABILITY AT THE OCCC
Sustainability is on full display both on and off the show floor. From recycling programs to pedestrian bridges to indoor vegetable gardens, the Orange County Convention Center (OCCC) has one of the most innovative, large-scale sustainability programs in the United States.
For additional information, please email NPErecycles@npe.org.