All Things Data

Plastics News has released its latest North American Recyclers & Brokers ranking, listing 186 companies, with 158 reporting reprocessing volumes.

Number of companies founded per era.

This interactive chart shows the total sales captured in our rankings. Data is from six North American plastic processor lists.

Breakout list of the top 20 each for packaging and industrial thermoformers.

Showing a combined $16.4 billion in related sales, thermoforming numbers are down about 3 percent vs. fiscal year 2023, despite a rise in the raw material costs of the top materials used.

Companies in the plastics industry are leveraging social media to engage with customers, promote sustainability and showcase innovation, with platforms like TikTok, Bluesky, Facebook and YouTube playing key roles.

Based on reader engagement, these are recent popular stories that you may have missed.

This interactive chart shows the number of years each respondent has been in operation. Data is from our six North American plastic processor rankings, where year founded was provided.

Hollee Keller: "This blog marks the first time, in 25 years of tracking plastics data, that I've kept a journal of data changes, to capture just how much news happens in between our processor rankings publications."