May 17, 2012 | Chris Dickson
Last month I received an email from a room parent in York, Pennsylvania who was interested in sharing information about the plastic bag recycling process with the students in two 4th and 6th grade classes in honor of Earth Day. She told me that she stumbled upon an
Earth 911 video by Jennifer...
May 02, 2012 | Phil Rozenski
Have you ever heard someone mention that if everyone in the United States tied their annual consumption of plastic bags together, the chain of bags would wrap around the Earth's equator so many times, or something similar? It is silly to use this type of statement to articulate plastic bag consumption in the United States, especially since any item can be “wrapped around the Earth.” Have you heard of other...
April 26, 2012 | Phil Rozenski
The plastic bag industry is an American industry providing tens of thousands of jobs across the country. Hilex alone has plastic bag manufacturing and recycling facilities in 11 facilities in eight different states, with our largest facility in North Vernon, Indiana. Hilex employees are some of the hardest working individuals, dedicated to their jobs and enthusiastic about what they do. Since the more than 1,200 employees at Hilex are so vital to...
April 19, 2012 | Chris Dickson
It has been just about a year since I hosted a group of environmental bloggers at Hilex Poly’s recycling facility in North Vernon, Indiana – the largest closed loop plastic bag recycling facility in the world. While at our recycling facility, the bloggers had the opportunity to experience the process, people and the approach Hilex takes to plastic bag recycling.
April 11, 2012 | Mark Daniels
This week the WasteWise reporting period will close and we are happy to announce that again, for the third year in a row, Hilex Poly has submitted annual data to the program to support our internal waste reduction efforts.
