AERT Expands Plastic Recycling

Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies Inc. recently began operation of its largest plastic recycling plant to date. The facility, in Lowell, Ark., cleans and processes recycled polyethylene plastics from a variety of industrial and post consumer sources.

The recycled plastics are transferred to the company's extrusion and manufacturing facility in nearby Springdale, Ark. where they are transformed into composite building materials.

The Lowell facility's capacity is 2 million pounds of recycled plastic materials per week or 100 million plus pounds per year.

AERT’s products are made from approximately equal amounts of waste wood fiber and reclaimed polyethylene plastics, have been extensively tested, and are sold by leading national companies.

In 2000, AERT was awarded the United States Region 6 Environmental Excellence Award for recycling.

The company operates four manufacturing facilities in Springdale, Ark., Lowell, Ark., Junction, Texas, and Alexandria, La.