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Sustainable Plastics Pkg 2010

Processor of the Year

MOST-READ STORIES

After tripling in size, Alpha changes hands August 31, 2010
For third straight year, California legislature rejects plastic bag ban September 01, 2010
Jatco opening East Coast plant August 30, 2010
Court approves $1 billion payout for Magna's Stronach August 31, 2010
Compounder Ovation Polymers adding fourth twin-screw line August 31, 2010

MOST E-MAILED STORIES

After tripling in size, Alpha changes hands August 31, 2010
Compounder Ovation Polymers adding fourth twin-screw line August 31, 2010
Jatco opening East Coast plant August 30, 2010
US degradable plastics demand to grow 16.6 percent annually August 31, 2010
Atrium planning vinyl extrusion plant September 01, 2010

Rankings & Lists

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Ranked by plastics reprocessing volume in most recent full fiscal year

Originally published May 24, 2010, in Plastics News. Some data may have been updated.

Rank	Company	Top recycling official	Reprocessed volume (millions lbs.)
1	KW Plastics Recycling Troy, AL	Scott Saunders General Manager	490.00
2	Waste Management Recycle America LLC Houston, TX	Don Majka VP sales & marketing	427.50
3	Nam Polymers Inc. Etobicoke, Ontario	Ali Lodhi Vice President	160.00^E
4	Champion Polymer Recycling Winchester, KY	Ron Brochu Division manager	155.00^E
5	United Plastic Recycling Inc. Montgomery, AL	John Sullivan President	150.00
5	Custom Resins Wayne, NJ	Fern Roth Product manager	150.00^E
7	B. Schoenberg & Co. Inc. Yorktown, NY	Matthew Kness Executive VP	149.82
8	Omni Resource Recovery Inc. Colton, CA	Joe Castro President	142.80
9	B&B Plastics Inc. Rialto, CA	Bacilio Mejia Purchasing & sales manager	122.50
10	Clean Tech Inc. Dundee, MI	Thomas Busard President	120.00^E
11	Recyc RPM Inc. St. Damien, Quebec	Luc Métivier Vice President	107.00
12	Maine Plastics Inc. Zion, IL	David Kaplan Vice President	93.00
13	Marglen Industries Inc. Rome, GA	John Burnes President	90.00
13	Merlin Plastics Alberta Inc. Delta, British Columbia	Tony Moucachen President	90.00
13	Envision Plastics Industries LLC Reidsville, NC	Tamsin Ettefagh Vice President	90.00^E
16	Louisiana Plastic Converting Corp. West Monroe, LA	John Mark Wilhite President	80.00
16	Phoenix Technologies International LLC Bowling Green, OH	Robert Deardurff President	80.00
16	UltrePET LLC Albany, NY	M. Scott Mellen President	80.00
19	Custom Polymers PET LLC Athens, AL	John Calhoun Phil Howerton Partners	76.00
20	MRC Polymers Inc. Chicago, IL	Paul Binks CEO & President	75.00^E
21	Graham Recycling Co. York, PA	Robin Marshall Plant manager	72.00
21	Nicos Polymers Group LLC Nazareth, PA	Kevin Cronin CEO	72.00
23	Plast-Ex International Inc. Brampton, Ontario	Lily Chang Managing director	68.00⁺
24	Cycle-Tex Inc. Dalton, GA	H. Phillip Neff President	66.50^E
25	Plastic Revolutions Inc. Reidsville, NC	John Hagan President	63.00
26	Corkery Industries Inc. Waterloo, IA	Larry Corkery Owner	60.00
26	Parc Corp. Romeoville, IL	Kathy Xuan President	60.00
28	Custom Polymers Inc. Charlotte, NC	Phil Howerton John Calhoun Partners	59.25
29	Barnet Polymers business unit Arcadia, SC	Chuck Hall Director, polymers business unit	58.00
29	Plastrec Inc. Joliette, Quebec	Louis Robitaille Vice President	58.00
31	Jadcore Inc. Terre Haute, IN	David Doti President	57.38
32	Ecoplast Corp. Pomona, CA	Jose Perez VP & GM	54.00
33	Talco Plastics Inc. Corona, CA	Jack Shedd President	52.64
34	Rainier Plastics Inc. Yakima, WA	William Shields Owner	50.00
34	Recycling Solutions Inc. Elk Grove Village, IL	Dan Helfenbein President	50.00
34	NPI Brampton, Ontario	Laurie Borg President	50.00^E
37	Klöckner Pentaplast Co. of America Inc. Anjou, Quebec	Michael Tubridy COO & President	49.50
38	APC Recycling LLC Killingworth, CT	Steve Anderson Co-owner	49.00
39	Ultra-Poly Corp. Portland, PA	John McCullen Vice President	48.00
39	Berou International Inc. Montreal, Quebec	François Fortin CEO & President	48.00^E
39	Berry Plastics Beaumont Beaumont, TX	Burnice Wilson Plant manager	48.00^E
42	PET Processors LLC Painesville, OH	Fred Currant President	46.00^E
43	Bay Polymer Corp. Fremont, CA	John LaFountain President	45.00
44	McDunnough Inc. Fenton, MI	Darren McDunnough CEO & President	44.80
45	Coll Materials LLC Zanesville, OH	Brian Coll CEO & President	42.75
46	Ekman Recycling Inc. Brick, NJ	Cliff Brand VP non-fiber division	40.97
47	Pure Tech Plastics East Farmingdale, NY	George Smilow General Manager	40.00
48	Astro Industries LLC West Monroe, LA	Russell Poole Jim Green Co-owners	39.00
49	Denton Plastics Inc. Portland, OR	Dennis Denton President	36.00
49	United Plastics Inc. Flint, MI	David Koffman CEO & President	36.00
51	Blue Ridge Plastics Eden, NC	Gary Market VP & GM	35.00^E
52	K&B Plastic Industries Inc. Blodgett Mills, NY	Kris Larsen President	34.20
53	Adirondack Plastics & Recycling Inc. Argyle, NY	John Aspland President	34.00^E
54	Commercial Plastics Recycling Inc. Tampa, FL	Ben Benvenuti President	33.25
54	Wellmark LLC Asheboro, NC	Brad Wellington President	33.25
56	St. Joseph Plastics St. Joseph, MO	Rob Starr President	32.75
57	Lynx Recyclers San Francisco, CA	Eugene Imperato CEO	32.67
58	Syncot Plastics Inc. Cramerton, NC	Darren Bing President	32.50
59	NURRC LLC Spartanburg, SC	Calos Gutierrez President	30.00
60	New Wave Plastics Medina, OH	Doug Coates Sales director	28.80
61	Bata Plastics Inc. Grand Rapids, MI	W. Lee Hammond CEO & President	27.90
62	Plastic Recycling Inc. Indianapolis, IN	Alan Shaw President	27.30
63	Franklin Iron & Metal Co. Inc. Battle Creek, MI	Beth Franklin Cohen Vice President	27.00
64	Mervis Industries Inc. Danville, IL	Michael Smith Vice President	26.60^E
65	Werlor Waste Control Inc. Defiance, OH	Jerry Wertz President	25.50
66	Prime Plastic Products Inc. Vista, CA	Vince Gupta CEO & President	25.00
67	Joe's Plastics Inc. Los Angeles, CA	Forrest Flaherty Sales manager	24.00^E
68	Butler-MacDonald Inc. Indianapolis, IN	Scott Johnson CEO & President	22.74
69	Plastics Group of America Woonsocket, RI	Michael Rosenthal Executive VP	22.50⁺
70	Bromley Plastics Corp. Fletcher, NC	David Kattermann President	22.50
71	Next Specialty Resins Inc. Toledo, OH	Rajiv Naik President	21.60^E
72	Deltco of Wisconsin Inc. Ashland, WI	Randy Larson Sales manager	21.00
73	Greystone Logistics Inc. Bettendorf, IA	Ron Schelhaas Plant manager	20.00
73	Industrial Resin Recycling Inc. Howell, MI	Patrick Cavanaugh President	20.00
73	Petoskey Plastics Inc. Petoskey, MI	Paul Keiswetter President & owner	20.00
73	Plastic Compounders Inc. Cambridge, OH	Richard Eubanks President	20.00
77	National Plastics & Manufacturing Co. Inc. Easton, PA	Munish Suri President	19.20
78	Destiny Plastics Inc. Deckerville, MI	Todd Christy President	19.00
79	American Commodities Inc. Flint, MI	Scott Melton President	18.00^E
80	Sparta Polymers Troy, OH	Rick Sofia Managing member	17.84
81	Plastic Recyclers Southeast Inc. Decatur, AL	Henry Bragg CEO & President	17.50
82	Scrap Masters Inc. Manchester, MI	Keith Hansen CEO	16.15
83	Alpha Plastics Inc. Camden, NJ	Phil Rubin VP operations	16.00^E
84	Appertain Corp. Pulaski, TN	Angela Holly Sales manager	15.60^E
85	PPP LLC Montebello, CA	Evelyn Garcia Sales manager	14.40
86	Plastic Materials Inc. Akron, OH	Alan Richardson President & owner	13.50
86	Pro Pel Plastech Inc. South Deerfield, MA	Joe Nickerson Sr. CEO	13.50
88	Lahr Recycling & Resins Inc. Fairport, NY	Craig Lahr President	13.00
88	Recycle Inc. East South Plainfield, NJ	Jeffrey Bey President	13.00^E
90	Canusa Hershman Recycling LLC Branford, CT	Ethan Hershman CEO	12.82
91	Nu-Tech Polymers Co. Inc. Cincinnati, OH	Tom Cross General Manager	12.00
92	HEI Recycling Inc. Buffalo, NY	Denny Heuer President	11.44
93	Bedford Technology LLC Worthington, MN	Brian Larsen President	11.20
94	Somerset Recycling Services Inc. Somerset, KY	Steve Keck President	11.12
95	Universal Composites Inc. Port Jefferson, NY	Richard Silberfeld President	10.62
96	Lion Extruding Corp. Newark, NJ	Gary DeMarco President	10.45
97	Agri-Plas Inc. Brooks, OR	Dari Jongsma President	10.19
98	Green Earth Plastic Recycling Inc. Joliet, IL	Howard Rynberk President	10.00
98	QTR Inc. Evansville, IN	Rod Jackson President	10.00^E
100	Radici Plastics USA Inc. ^a Wadsworth, OH	Mike Cain Executive VP	9.50^E
101	Recycled Materials Inc. Atlanta, GA	James T. Porter Jr. President	8.75
102	RBW Technologies Inc. Evans City, PA	Guy Dahlbeck Secretary & Treasurer	7.76
103	Alloy Exchange Inc. Rockford, MI	Tripp Corl President	7.60
104	Faith Group Co. Inc. Manalapan, NJ	Young Lin President	7.50^E
105	Interstate Plastics Vancouver, WA	John Kwon President	7.38
106	General Mill Supply Co. Wixom, MI	Robert Rotenberg Secretary & Treasurer	7.35
107	Grace Plastics Inc. Batavia, OH	Harold Johnson President	7.20
107	Jerico Plastic Industries Inc. Minerva, OH	Stephen Copeland President	7.20
107	Noble Recycling Inc. Boca Raton, FL	Joseph Miceli President	7.20
107	Valley Plastics & Paper Recycling Inc. McAllen, TX	John Aspland Owner	7.20
111	CM Polymers Inc. Montvale, NJ	Carl Myers President	6.90
112	Reaction Polymers Inc. Salt Lake City, UT	Curtis Turner President	6.65
113	Bay Recycling Toronto, Ontario	Mohammed Iqbal President	6.15
114	Blackrock Plastics LLC New York, NY	James Kevany Director	6.00
114	E&R International Inc. Peru, IL	Corey Andreoni Vice President	6.00^E
116	Material Recovery Inc. Milwaukee, WI	Randy Roeder President & owner	5.27
117	Manner Resins Inc. Annapolis, MD	Seth Lehner Sales manager	5.25
118	American Polymers Corp. Akron, OH	Kevin Copeland President	5.20
119	Polyall International Inc. Stafford, TX	David Chu President	4.46
120	TKO Polymers Group Marietta, GA	Stewart Levy Sales manager	4.25
121	Birch Plastics Inc. Houston, TX	Robert Lang President	4.20
122	Dart Container Corp. Leola, PA	Gary Collins Raw materials purchasing director	4.00
122	Four Seasons Chemicals Corp. San Jose, CA	Shawn Chou President	4.00
122	Kal-Trading Inc. Mississauga, Ontario	Gobi Saha President	4.00
122	Plastics General Polymers Inc. Tempe, AZ	Carl Weir Owner	4.00
126	New Life Plastic Recycling Inc. Burlington, NC	Susan Newman President & owner	3.80
127	Penn-Tex Plastics Inc. Fort Worth, TX	Eugene Woehr President & owner	3.60
128	Laudadio Polymers Inc. Corpus Christi, TX	Paul Laudadio President	2.80
129	KJ Plastics Inc. Lansdale, PA	Jim King President	2.54
130	TMC Plastics Coloring & Compounding Inc. Valencia, CA	Leon Richardson Owner	2.50
131	Able Plastics Inc. Marietta, GA	Barry Shemaria President	2.40
131	Simplas Inc. Cambellville, Ontario	Stuart Clark President	2.40^E
133	Cresset Powers Ltd. Pasadena, CA	Orrin Addis CEO	2.00
133	Generation2Materials Inc. Montville, NJ	Michael Krentcil President	2.00
133	L&P Plastics Co. Murrysville, PA	Lee Smith President	2.00
136	World Wide Services LLC Metamora, MI	Ralph Wojtowicz President	1.75
137	Redo Plastics LLC Houston, TX	Dennis Mikulenka President	1.24
138	Pride Polymers LLC Yakima, WA	Joe O'Malley President	1.00
138	Panamerican Trading Co. El Paso, TX	Eduardo Ochoa CEO	1.00^E
140	Amigo Environmental Inc. Richmond, CA	Desa Bubnovich Owner	0.60
141	Wexford International Inc. Mendham, NJ	James Beightol President	0.50
142	Plish Imports Corp. Houston, TX	Ricardo Chelala President	0.40
143	BJM Industries Inc. Kittanning, PA	Boyd Galbraith President	0.22
144	Prime Time Plastics Cleveland, OH	Michael Petterson Sales manager	0.20
144	Schulz's Recycling Inc. Merrill, WI	Steve Schulz Vice President	0.20
146	Rez-Tech Corp. Kent, OH	Jack Podnar CEO	0.19
147	Mallin Bros. Co. Inc. Kansas City, MO	Jeffrey Mallin President	0.10
147	Polymer Chain Inc. Fairlawn, OH	Russ Sharnsky President	0.10
149	Gianco Environmental Services Brentwood, NY	Michael Gianchetta Vice President	0.05⁺
150	Modular Carpet Recycling Inc. New Castle, DE	Ron Simonetti CEO	0.01^<
151	Aaron Industries Corp. Leominster, MA	Robert Tocci Vice President	N.A.
151	All Plastics Recycling Inc. Lakeland, FL	Chris Markey CEO	N.A.
151	Antek Madison Plastics Recycling Corp. Scarborough, Ontario	Jim Angelopoulos President	N.A.
151	Arthur Products LLC Enfield, CT	Alan Levitz President	N.A.
151	Bergen Polymers Inc. Gilbertsville, PA	Kim Bergen President	N.A.
151	Biocor LLC Concord, CA	Mike Centers Executive director	N.A.
151	Choice Plastics Inc. Mound, MN	Steve Hall President	N.A.
151	CSIPlastics Inc. Holden, MA	Steven Silver President	N.A.
151	Custom Material Sales Redlands, CA	Daniel Salter General Manager	N.A.
151	Deliro Polymers Inc. Louisville, KY	Robin Shea President	N.A.
151	Delta Plastics of the South LLC Little Rock, AR	Dhu Thompson CEO	N.A.
151	Diversified Technologies Clarkesville, GA	Terry Rogers Managing partner	N.A.
151	Domino Plastics Co. Inc. Setauket, NY	Michael Domino CEO & owner	N.A.
151	E.J. Wright Inc. San Jose, CA	Ernest J. Wright Jr. President	N.A.
151	Eden Rock Recycling Inc. Millville, NJ	George P. Glenn III President	N.A.
151	EEI Recycling Inc. St. Petersburg, FL	Frederick Regner President	N.A.
151	Entropex Sarnia, Ontario	Carl Yates General Manager	N.A.
151	Foam Pack Industries Springfield, NJ	Harvey Goodstein President	N.A.
151	GP Harmon Recycling LLC Jericho, NY	Marc Forman President	N.A.
151	Greenline Resins Inc. Woodstock, Ontario	Cecil Green President	N.A.
151	Indiana Polymers Inc. Valpariso, IN	Richard Pyle President	N.A.
151	Inplas Recycling Inc. Lawrenceburg, IN	Dennis Boyer President	N.A.
151	Jax Recycling Inc. Jacksonville, FL	Bobby Paschal President	N.A.
151	JCS Distribution Inc. Central Valley, NY	Stephen Oswald President	N.A.
151	JJC Plastics LLC Norton, OH	Barbara Primovero Owner	N.A.
151	Kasha Industries Inc. Grayville, IL	Doug Knight Plant manager	N.A.
151	KT Advancetec Inc. Alsip, IL	Richard Lee Vice President	N.A.
151	Lacerta Group Inc. Mansfield, MA	Ali Lotfi President	N.A.
151	Lakeland Polymers LLC Boonton, NJ	Mike Maule Member	N.A.
151	Majestic Plastics Inc. Miami, OK	Mike Epperson General Manager	N.A.
151	Marsh Plastics Inc. Amherst, NY	Michael Bendes President	N.A.
151	MBA Polymers Inc. Richmond, CA	Michael Biddle President	N.A.
151	MBJM Sales Corp. Long Beach, NY	Michele Martin President	N.A.
151	Midland Compounding & Consulting Inc. Midland, MI	Thayer Brown President	N.A.
151	Midstate Salvage Corp. Taylorville, IL	Neal Lebeter President	N.A.
151	Mountain Valley Recycling LLC Boca Raton, FL	Michael Silverstein National sales mgr.	N.A.
151	O.K. Industries Inc. Fostoria, OH	James Kenyon President	N.A.
151	Pacific/West Recycling Services Inc. Manhattan Beach, CA	Ron Kemalyan President	N.A.
151	Palmer Plastics Inc. Easton, PA	James Brehove President	N.A.
151	Philco International Inc. Fontana, CA	Paul Lau Director	N.A.
151	Plastics Recovery Inc. Phoenix, AZ	Shaina Warshawsky Owner	N.A.
151	Polychem USA Inc. Foxboro, MA	Gene Farrell President	N.A.
151	Polycycling of California Costa Mesa, CA	Tom Regan Owner	N.A.
151	Polymer Marketing Inc. Marietta, GA	Ron Mitchell President	N.A.
151	Polysource Inc. Piqua, OH	Michael Cox President	N.A.
151	PolyTrade Inc. Whitinsville, MA	Melinda McCullough President	N.A.
151	Ram Resins Inc. Barrie, Ontario	Red Taylor President	N.A.
151	Recycling Network Inc. dba National Recycling Network Sunrise, FL	Jon Marks President	N.A.
151	Reuse It Plastics Inc. Mooresville, NC	Barbara Canter President	N.A.
151	RJM International Inc. Tustin, CA	Jason Chen President	N.A.
151	RL Plastics Inc. Upper Saddle River, NJ	Robert Landel President	N.A.
151	SBC Recycling Inc. Centerburg, OH	Michael Hatfield President	N.A.
151	Sher-Results LLC Arlington, TX	Ron Sherga President	N.A.
151	Shuman Plastics Inc. Depew, NY	Ken Shuman President	N.A.
151	Step One Polymers LLC Wadsworth, OH	Beverly Prasher Owner	N.A.
151	T.S. Investment Co. Eden Prairie, MN	Thomas Stein President	N.A.
151	Uniplas Inc. South Lyon, MI	Donald Root President	N.A.
151	Willmore Plastics Co. Inc. Jackson Hole, WY	Sarah Elizabeth Willmore CEO, President & Founder	N.A.
151	XSResen Inc. Prospect, KY	Bob Dye President	N.A.
151	H. Sattler Plastics Co. Inc. Chicago, IL	John Sattler President	N.A.
151	Adams Plastics LP Chicago, IL	Peter Silberman President	N.A.
151	Avangard Innovative LP Houston, TX	Rick Perez CEO & President	N.A.
151	Buckeye Polymers Inc. Lodi, OH	Jeff Fisher President	N.A.
151	PolyReps Inc. Monroe, NC	Jeff Mitchell Vice President	N.A.
151	R&M International Sales Corp. Fort Washington, PA	Peter Rawson President	N.A.
216	Garten Services Inc. Salem, OR	Pete Grell Recycling operations supervisor	N.A.

(P)=Publicly Held N.A.=Not available
Types of services: R=Recycling, Br=Brokering. These services are ordered according to the percentage of business each service contributes to a company's total recycling sales.

Recycling volume represents total number of pounds sold, comprising plastics reprocessed in-house as well as brokered materials.

All information was provided by the companies, except where otherwise indicated.
* Midpoint of a company-provided range
** Company-provided estimate
^EPlastics News and industry estimates. These figures were not provided by the company.

CURRENCY NOTE: All Canadian sales figures have been converted to U.S. dollars using the average annual exchange rate for the 12 months of each company's fiscal year. For fiscal years that correspond to calendar-year 2009 the following average annual rate was used: C$1=US$0.88
All companies' fiscal years correspond the calendar-year 2009 unless otherwise noted.

a) Radici Plastics USA Inc. is the fomer Michael Day Engineering Thermoplastics, the company filed chapter 11 and was sold to Radici Group in January 2010.

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