Plastics Recycling Co-Op Adds Member

NextLife, a recyclig cooperative of plastics bag companies, announced that it has added Advane Polybag, Metairie, La., as a new member of its organization.

Advance Polybag joins Sun Valley Worldwide, Vanguard Plastics, Sigma Stretch Film and Sweed Machinery as members of the organization. The goal of the recycling cooperative is to address and promote the recycling of stretch film, grocery bags and other recyclable materials.

According to the group, less than 5 percent of grocery bags and stretch film are recovered and recycled today. The NextLife program provides the end users of recyclable materials with a convenient method of recycling, and these waste generators such as grocers and distribution centers are compensated for their recyclables at market competitive prices and can often significantly reduce their disposal costs.

Under the agreement, Alliance partners market and promote the program to its sales force, distributors and customers throughout North America, while Sun Valley purchases the materials and recycle them into new “recycle grade” resins to produce recycled products.