PureCycle Technologies Partners to Divert Plastic Waste

SEATTLE (Scrap Monster): PureCycle Technologies announced new partnership with the League of Women Voters (LWV) of Volusia, Seminole, and Orange Counties, aimed at diverting plastic waste from Florida landfills, waterways and green spaces. The partnership will collect and recycle over 15,000 political signs in Central Florida after the midterm elections on 8th November.

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The volunteers from three local Florida LWV chapters will start collecting plastic campaign signs from Democratic and Republican Party headquarters end citizen drop-off sites starting November 9th. These will be shipped to a recycling centre for baling, from where it will be transported to PureCycle’s Ironton facility, where they will be recycled and transformed into sustainable resin.

The collection events are scheduled in Volusia County at the Volusia County Fairgrounds on November 20 and 21. The Seminole County and Orange County collection will be held at various drop-off locations through November 20.

Political signs are mostly made from propylene. PureCycle owns a proprietary technology to separate contaminants, odors, and colors from polypropylene plastic waste and transform it into reusable ultra-pure recycled (UPR) resin.

The initiative is a net positive for Florida residents and for the environment, noted Dustin Olson, CEO, PureCycle.