Washington, D.C. — The Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) has released a series of new videos as part of the Recycling Is Real advocacy initiative. The videos showcase the recycling work taking place at the Five Star Family of Companies’ facility in Houston, Texas, where employees are turning used plastic bags into new bags and other products.
Since its launch in 2023, PLASTICS’ Recycling Is Real campaign has highlighted both mechanical and advanced recycling facilities throughout the United States. Employees featured in each video represent the recycling workforce in communities nationwide. Previously featured locations include: Atlanta, GA; Kingsport, TN; Madison, WI; North Vernon, IN; Baton Rouge, LA; Portland, PA; Eagle Rock, VA; Rialto, CA; Wytheville, VA; Piqua, OH; Reidsville, NC; Tampa, FL; Chino, CA; Ironton, OH; and Farmingdale, NY.
“In Texas and across America, your plastic bags can be recycled, and Five Star Family of Companies is doing it every day,” said PLASTICS President and CEO Matt Seaholm. “Our Recycling Is Real campaign highlights the dedicated workforce and innovations driving recycling efforts across the country. Through these new videos, we’re proud to show the public and policymakers that plastic recycling is not only real—it’s practical, effective, and critical to building a stronger, more circular economy.”
Tim White, Chief Strategy Officer of Five Star Family of Companies said, “We have been collecting, sorting, washing, and recycling post-consumer waste at Five Star for decades. Our investment in recycling capabilities has allowed us to develop products and closed-loop programs with our customers that reclaim tens of millions of pounds of plastic waste each year and employ hundreds of families in Houston. We are proud of our people, our innovation, and our recycling operations and we are excited to showcase this in the Recycling Is Real video series.”
Click here to view Recycling Is Real featuring Five Star Family of Companies.
The Recycling Is Real campaign provides content to help elected officials and policymakers understand that recycling is a vital link in the sustainability and circularity chain, enabling them to make well-informed decisions about recycling infrastructure and support.
The Recycling Is Real campaign was launched to combat false narratives suggesting that recycling is not happening or that it’s a “myth.” With some seeking to reduce or eliminate plastic production altogether, Recycling Is Real demonstrates where and how recycling occurs—and introduces the people making it happen.
About the Five Star Family of Companies
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Five Star Family of Companies is a group of companies that manufacture and design a broad range of flexible packaging, printed films, and sustainability programs focused on Pet Care, Food & Beverage, and Consumer & Industrial markets. Five Star Family of Companies provide Fortune 500 consumer packaged goods companies and large national retailers with packaging solutions that enhance their brands, support their greenhouse gas reduction goals, and ensure their certainty of supply. Operations are centrally located in Houston, Texas with additional manufacturing locations in Mexico and Honduras, all vertically integrated from extrusion and recycling through printing and converting allowing unmatched quality, innovation, and supply reliability.
The Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) is the only organization that supports the entire plastics supply chain, including Equipment Suppliers, Material Suppliers, Processors, and Recyclers, representing over one million workers in our $519 billion U.S. industry. PLASTICS advances the priorities of our members who are dedicated to investing in technologies that improve capabilities and advances in recycling and sustainability and providing essential products that allow for the protection and safety of our lives. Since 1937, PLASTICS has been working to make its members, and the eighth largest U.S. manufacturing industry, more globally competitive while supporting circularity through educational initiatives, industry-leading insights and events, convening opportunities and policy advocacy, including the largest plastics trade show in the Americas, NPE: The Plastics Show.