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50% during the 2024 fiscal year that ended in ence, product design, tooling design and then
March. The company has a goal to increase its the machinery, the manufacturing process,” Bar-
resin use to 1 billion pounds per year by 2030, bour said. “We have all of that in this building, all
which means nearly doubling its current resin of those talents are now in this building.”
use by volume.
During its most recent fiscal year, recycled HDPE
In statements during a grand opening event, made up 34% of the company’s material use, re-
ADS CEO Scott Barbour said the facility will help cycled PP, 12%, and other recycled plastic, 4%.
the company install innovative equipment and Virgin HDPE was at 30%, virgin PP was at 16%
attract top engineering experts. and other materials made up 4%.
“What really makes the company sing, from a Source – Plastics Recycling Update
product development standpoint, is material sci-
Q&A: Bringing sustainability
into the medical industry
What motivated Brightmark to work with Lew-
is Salvage?
t Brightmark, our focus is on develop-
ing solutions that have a positive impact
Anot only on the environment, but also in
the communities where we operate. That com-
mitment is especially important to us with our
circularity centre in Ashley, Indiana, and that’s
why we’ve sought out impactful collaborations
in the surrounding area – namely Fort Wayne
and, of course, in Warsaw, where Lewis Salvage
is based.
Our solution complements the existing mechani-
cal recycling system and provides new ways to
deal with waste. These solutions benefit com-
Brightmark CEO Bob Powell munities with recycling infrastructure challenges
discusses Plastics Renewal and help manufacturing industries and business-
technology and how to bring es improve their environmental footprint.
sustainability into the medical Warsaw, the “Orthopaedic Capital of the World,”
industry. has the world's highest concentration of ortho-
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