Tom Norton, President of Turtle Plastics in Lorain, OH knows a thing or two about recycling materials. He has been in the business of recycling since 1980, having developed the first materials recycling facility in the state of Ohio.
The process of recycling materials evolved into making products from the materials. Specifically, Turtle Plastics makes modular matting and industrial plastic cribbing from PVC. The PVC primarily comes from the automobile industry's waste - their trash is Turtle's treasure. The matting has several applications from entrances to swimming pools, manufacturing floors to fire stations. Turtle has found other waste streams to incorporate into its matting products, including carpet remnants from the carpet industry and grit from the sandpaper industry to create nonslip surfaces.
This year, Turtle implemented a buy-back program. Customers can return the recycled PVC products to Turtle, where they are cleaned, re-ground and turned back into products, effectively closing the loop. The customer receives a credit towards future purchases, building customer loyalty.
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Turtle Plastics, is a Lorain, Ohio company that is a recycler and a Sustainable Development Company. They manufacture Turtle Tiles, plastic cribbing, hose bridges, sprinkler shutoffs.
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This reprint published with permission of Zero Waste, Entrepreneurs for Sustainability, Cleveland, Ohio. This article was originally published by Zero Waste NEO and the Ohio EPA, Office of Compliance Assistance & Pollution Prevention.
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