Suncast joins Cyclyx

Cyclyx International, a consortium-based supply chain company based in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, has announced that Suncast, a Batavia, Illinois-based manufacturer of resin products, has joined its consortium. The company says the addition will aid its goal to increase plastic recycling from 10 percent to 90 percent. 

According to a news release from Cyclyx, founded by chemical recycling company Agilyx, Tigard, Oregon, Suncast specializes in home and garden and storage products. By joining the consortium, the company plans to develop products that incorporate recycled content.  

“Zero waste and recycled content are key components of our brilliant-by-design sustainability platform,” says Jim Ahlborn, CEO of Suncast. “By working with Cyclyx and our retail partners, we’ll be able to implement first-of-their-kind takeback programs so fewer products end up in landfills at the end of their useful lives, and we’ll collaborate with companies that can help us source even more recycled content for our products.”  

Suncast’s membership in Cyclyx gives it access to designs and customized takeback programs and innovations, including plastic waste-based circular feedstock specifications tailored to its specific product pathways. This allows for the inclusion of higher amounts of recycled content in its products.  

“We are happy to welcome Suncast to the Cyclyx consortium,” says Joe Vaillancourt, CEO of Cyclyx. “Suncast’s focus on sustainability and enthusiasm for advancing circular solutions will help us to direct more plastic waste toward its best use and will be a great bolster to our effort to help drive the recycling rate of plastic from 10 percent to 90 percent.”