A New Company.
A New Approach to Recycling Plastics.
Announcing Blue Polymers. Plastics recycling from curbside to consumer packaging, and back again.
Game-changing innovation and investment
Through major investments in plastics recycling innovation, Blue Polymers will bring circularity and scale to the plastics recycling industry, producing more than 300 million pounds of high-quality recycled plastics every year.
The company’s state-of-the-art facility, located in the Midwest, is scheduled to open in the fourth quarter of 2024. Three additional facilities will open over the next several years, which will enable Blue Polymers to recycle plastics from across the country.
Republic Services’ Polymer Center is a highly advanced secondary sortation facility capable of separating plastic material by type and color. Primary products include hot-washed rPET flake and high-grade polyethylene and polypropylene.
Blue Polymers incorporates state-of-the-art processing and purification technology with advanced laboratory testing onsite. This enables Blue Polymers to convert household post-consumer plastics back into high-quality resin.
How Blue Polymers HELPs bring Circularity to Plastics
Pick Up
Consumer recycling is picked up and delivered to a recycling facility
Initial Sorting
Material is sorted by type and combined into bales
Advanced Sorting
Bales are delivered to a Polymer Center for advanced sorting
Processing
Material is size reduced, cleaned, extruded, purified, tested, and custom-formulated
Reuse
Custom-formulated, post-consumer resin drop-in solutions are sold to meet customers sustainability goals and requirements for PCR content
WITH BLUE POLYMERS, MORE THAN 300 MILLION POUNDS OF PLASTIC WILL ENTER AND RE-ENTER THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY EVERY YEAR.
Blue Polymers will supply consumer packaged goods companies with a wide variety of applications including food and beverage containers, detergent bottles, and many other durable/non-durable applications requiring PCR content.
Blue Polymers is a joint creation of Republic Services, a leader in the environmental services industry, and Ravago, a leader in polymer recycling and distribution.
About Republic Services
A leader in the environmental services industry, Republic provides customers with a broad range of products and services. They include recycling, solid waste, special
waste, hazardous waste, container rental, and field services.
Republic’s industry-leading commitments to advance circularity, reduce emissions, and decarbonize operations are helping deliver on its vision to partner with customers to create a more sustainable world. To learn more visit republicservices.com.
About Ravago
Since its foundation in 1961 by Raf Van Gorp, Ravago has provided a superior distribution, resale, compounding and recycling service for plastic raw materials serving sophisticated functions that improve the sustainable quality of our life. Ravago serves more than 50,000 customers with multiple products and services. Recycling has been our legacy and core since our inception. Ravago’s production competence consists of 45+ manufacturing facilities, which include 19 recycling and compounding plants in North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa with a combined annual capacity of over one million metric tons. Our growth has been possible thanks to the 9,000 employees that make up our family, and the values we represent: human focus, professionalism, entrepreneurship and humility. For more information: www.ravago.com.
Products
Not just recycling.
Advanced technology to create more sustainable products and advance the circular economy.
Products will include custom-formulated materials tailored for individual customers to achieve their sustainability objectives. Blue Polymers’ recycled resins can be used in a wide variety of applications — including food trays, milk jugs, detergent containers, and more.
Our Product Lineup
HDPE (High Density Polyethylene)
Custom-formulated drop-in solutions, both FDA and Non-FDA product lines for consumer packaging, cosmetics, automotive, and many other uses.
PP (Polypropylene)
Custom-formulated drop-in solutions, both FDA and Non-FDA product lines for consumer packaging, cosmetics, automotive, and many other uses.
Natural/Clear and custom colors
HDPE and PP product lines available in both Natural, White, and custom colors.
rPET Flake
Hot-washed rPET flake for use in consumer packaging and bottles where PCR content is needed.
important facts
FACT: New sustainability commitments from businesses along with requirements for post-consumer recycled content across the country are growing daily.
FACT: The supply chain for high quality, ratable, post-consumer resin is fragmented and lacks a transparent producer that can show circularity from shelf, to consumer, and back again.
FACT: Blue Polymers makes it easy for companies by offering drop-in solutions that don’t require onsite blending or manual tracking, it arrives with full testing, certifications and is ready to use.
Careers
Join our team. We’re hiring.
The first Blue Polymers facility will open in the Midwest in the fourth quarter of 2024. Pay and benefits are competitive and comprehensive. Come join us and be a part of a dynamic team advancing environmental sustainability.
Four key positions in MidWest
Apply Now to review current positions being recruited and Job Description
Plant Locations:
Indiana
1010 W. Hanna Ave.
Indianapolis, IN 46217
Arizona
7901 S. Turner Rd.
Buckeye, AZ
More positions in midwest
Dozens of other positions in our Midwest plant will be filled early in 2024 — including Extrusions Leads, Cost Accountants, Quality Technicians, and more. Click below to view available positions.
- Extrusion Manager
- Extrusion Leads
- Extrusion Technicians
- Quality Manager
- Extrusion Formulator
- Quality Technicians
- Warehouse Manager
- Customer Service
- Receiving/Staging
- Shipping
- Maintenance Manager
- Maintenance Technicians
- Blending Manager
- Blending Lead/Formulator
- Blending Technicians
- Box Out Packagers
- Controller/Human Resources
- Cost Accountants
- AR/AP
- IT Manager
- IT Support
Contact
Interested to learn more?
We take plastics circularity seriously. If you want more details on our mission, information on our product portfolio, or just have questions about how Blue Polymers can help your company meet your sustainability goals, contact us now.
