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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.

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“Sustainability at NPE2024 is a top priority. We’re committed to helping our exhibitors conduct their business in a way that drives value for society, the environment, and the industry.”

Patrick Krieger, Vice President, Sustainability at Plastics Industry Association

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. 

 89%

recycled at NPE2018

 100%

recycled at NPE2024

516,160

lbs. diverted
from landfill

 WE CHALLENGED THE INDUSTRY TO ACHIEVE A 100% DIVERSION RATE AT NPE2024 AND WE ACHIEVED OUR GOAL!

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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.

 

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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.

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For additional information, please email NPErecycles@npe.org.