International Recycling

International Recycling Group has created the first 100% zero-landfill solution to waste plastic IRG is building the world’s largest plastics recycling plant to process all types and grades of waste plastic. Resins #1, #2 and #5 will be processed and returned to the container/packaging industry and resins #4, #6 and #7 will be repurposed as a blast furnace reducing agent for the integrated steel industry. In the United States, according to EPA estimates, only about 7% of all plastics that enter the municipal solid waste stream are recycled. Combined with plastic scrap generated by industrial and commercial industries, we estimate that over 50 million tons annually of plastic scrap are destined for landfills. Plastic scrap has considerable potential to be repurposed and IRG plans to efficiently utilize this untapped resource. IRG’s new “hyper-plant” will be able to accept ALL types of plastic—not just bottles. Thus, “single streaming”, or combining all plastics into a recycling bin or cart for pickup, will now become a reality.