Go Green and Gain Green with NexTrex - Film Recycling
This guest blog is provided by Dave Heglas, senior director of supply chain excellence for Trex Company.
Got plastic waste? Trex Company would love to put it to good use. Trex manufactures eco-friendly, wood-alternative decking using a proprietary mix of reclaimed polyethylene plastic film and scrap hardwood, and we are looking to help retailers, grocery stores and distribution centers responsibly dispose of their plastic waste through our award-winning recycling initiative known as NexTrex®.
Through the NexTrex program, Trex makes it easy for retailers and distributors to repurpose the plastic waste they accumulate as part of their daily operations. Once enough material is collected, it is sent to nearby distribution centers where it is sorted, condensed and shipped to manufacturing facilities in Virginia and Nevada, to be used in the making of Trex’s world-famous…