<div dir="ltr"><img src="cid:ii_kvb35pp70" alt="image.png" width="125" height="48" style="margin-right: 0px;"> <div><font size="4">Great news for Oklahoma and Arkansas.  This news PE recycling plant should open up opportunities to recycle more plastic film.  Kudos to the people in Arkansas who made it happen.</font><br><div><br></div><div><u>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           </u></div><div><a class="gmail-logo" href="https://resource-recycling.com/plastics" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(34,89,173);font-size:14px;font-family:"open sans",arial"><img src="https://resource-recycling.com/plastics/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2021/03/logo-2.png" alt="logo" class="gmail-" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; border-style: none; display: inline; height: 120px; width: 277px;"></a><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail-rwh_post_inner_box" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-radius:8px;border:0px solid rgb(0,0,0);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:padding-box;color:rgb(33,37,41);font-family:"open sans",None,Arial;font-size:14px"><h1 class="gmail-rwh_post_title entry-title" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:"open sans",arial;line-height:1.5;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:24px;background-repeat:repeat;background-color:transparent"><a href="https://resource-recycling.com/plastics/2021/10/27/trex-to-spend-400-million-on-third-pe-recycling-plant/" title="Permalink to Trex to spend $400 million on third PE recycling plant" rel="bookmark" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-decoration-line:none;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:repeat">Trex to spend $400 million on third PE recycling plant</a></h1></div><div class="gmail-rwh_article" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;font-family:"open sans",arial;color:rgb(179,179,179)"><div class="gmail-postedon" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px"><span class="gmail-meta" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px">Published: October 27, 2021<br style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px">Updated: </span>October 27, 2021<br style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px"><span class="gmail-meta" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px">by </span><span class="gmail-author gmail-vcard" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;float:none;max-width:74px"><a href="https://resource-recycling.com/plastics/author/jared-paben/" title="View all posts by Jared Paben" class="gmail-url gmail-fn gmail-n" rel="author" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,93,175);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:middle">Jared Paben</a></span></div><div class="gmail-postcontent entry-content" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;background:padding-box padding-box transparent;border-radius:0px;border:0px solid rgb(0,0,0)"><div id="gmail-attachment_9869" class="gmail-wp-caption gmail-aligncenter" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px auto;padding:5px 3px 10px;clear:both;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;border:0px solid rgb(255,255,255);max-width:100%;text-align:center;width:940px"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-9869" class="gmail-wp-image-9869 gmail-size-full" src="https://resource-recycling.com/plastics/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2019/02/trex-transcend-brew-club-retaurant-20190219.jpg" alt="Closeup of Trex composite flooring installed in a restaurant." width="930" height="620" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; border: 0px solid transparent; border-radius: 0px; box-shadow: none; height: auto; max-width: 100%; width: auto;"><p id="gmail-caption-attachment-9869" class="gmail-wp-caption-text" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:5px 4px;font-family:"Open Sans",Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);text-align:left;line-height:17px;background:padding-box padding-box rgba(255,255,255,0)"><em style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px">Trex will invest $400 million over five years in a recycling and production site at the Port of Little Rock.</em> | <em style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px">Courtesy of Trex</em></p></div><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:"Open Sans",Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:1.42;background:padding-box padding-box rgba(255,255,255,0)">Already the largest scrap film recycler in the U.S., Trex is set to build a large polyethylene recycling and composite lumber production campus in Little Rock, Ark.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:"Open Sans",Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:1.42;background:padding-box padding-box rgba(255,255,255,0)"><span id="gmail-more-16719" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px"></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:"Open Sans",Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:1.42;background:padding-box padding-box rgba(255,255,255,0)">The Winchester, Va.-based company, which recycles PE film and wood powder into composite lumber, on Oct. 26 <a href="https://trexcompanyinc.gcs-web.com/news-releases/news-release-details/trex-company-announces-plans-third-us-production-site" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(34,89,173);background-color:transparent;font-family:"open sans",arial">announced</a> it will invest $400 million over five years in a recycling and production site at the Port of Little Rock. The complex will sit on nearly 300 acres and include buildings for decking and railing production, film recycling, reclaimer wood storage, warehousing and administration offices.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:"Open Sans",Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:1.42;background:padding-box padding-box rgba(255,255,255,0)">“The campus will substantially expand output and will have the potential to be the company’s largest manufacturing facility,” according to the release from Trex, which has plants in Winchester and Fernley, Nev.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:"Open Sans",Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:1.42;background:padding-box padding-box rgba(255,255,255,0)">Two years ago, Trex <a href="https://resource-recycling.com/plastics/2019/07/17/major-user-of-recycled-film-says-it-will-be-buying-more/" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(34,89,173);background-color:transparent;font-family:"open sans",arial">announced</a> a $200 million project to expand capacity at its Virginia and Nevada plants by about 70%. That additional production capacity is <a href="https://www.trex.com/our-company/news/trex-celebrates-m-capacity-expansion-milestone/" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(34,89,173);background-color:transparent;font-family:"open sans",arial">now all on-line</a>, company President and CEO Bryan Fairbanks told Plastics Recycling Update in <a href="https://resource-recycling.com/plastics/2021/09/29/trex-ceo-recycled-plastic-demand-will-stay-strong/" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(34,89,173);background-color:transparent;font-family:"open sans",arial">a recent interview</a>. He noted that Trex processed 362 million pounds of scrap plastic in 2020.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:"Open Sans",Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:1.42;background:padding-box padding-box rgba(255,255,255,0)">In the latest announcement, the publicly traded company said it was attracted to Little Rock for its third plant for several reasons, including proximity to raw materials, the pool of qualified and skilled labor, and proximity to growth regions for wood conversion.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:"Open Sans",Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:1.42;background:padding-box padding-box rgba(255,255,255,0)">The location is also <a href="https://www.portoflittlerock.com/about/" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(34,89,173);background-color:transparent;font-family:"open sans",arial">adjacent to major transportation hubs</a>, which will reduce freight costs when shipping products to customers in the middle of the country.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:"Open Sans",Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:1.42;background:padding-box padding-box rgba(255,255,255,0)">The Arkansas Democrat Gazette newspaper <a href="https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2021/oct/26/little-rock-port-authority-approves-land-sale-new-/" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(34,89,173);background-color:transparent;font-family:"open sans",arial">reported</a> that the Trex complex will result in increased railcar activity at the port. The Little Rock Port Authority recently finalized the sale of 290 acres to Trex this week. The deal took well over a year to put together, the paper reported.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:"Open Sans",Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:1.42;background:padding-box padding-box rgba(255,255,255,0)">The release notes that construction is slated to begin in early 2022, with production expected to begin in 2024.</p><h3 style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:"Open Sans",Arial;line-height:1.5;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:20px"><em style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px">More stories about film</em></h3><ul class="gmail-lcp_catlist" id="gmail-lcp_instance_0" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1rem 30px;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:5px 0px;padding:0px;text-align:justify"><a href="https://resource-recycling.com/plastics/2021/10/20/apr-rolls-out-revised-film-recyclability-guidance/" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(34,89,173);background-color:transparent;text-align:left">APR rolls out revised film recyclability guidance</a></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:5px 0px;padding:0px;text-align:justify"><a href="https://resource-recycling.com/plastics/2021/10/13/reclaimer-launches-next-stage-of-facility-buildout/" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(34,89,173);background-color:transparent;text-align:left">Reclaimer launches next stage of facility buildout</a></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:5px 0px;padding:0px;text-align:justify"><a href="https://resource-recycling.com/plastics/2021/09/29/trex-ceo-recycled-plastic-demand-will-stay-strong/" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(34,89,173);background-color:transparent;text-align:left">Trex CEO: Recycled plastic demand will stay strong</a></li></ul></div></div></div></div></div>