Materials We Buy
Our service handles 8 different types of resins commonly found in scrap plastics. These include polyethylene (HDPE, MDPE, and LDPE forms), polystyrene, polypropylene PVC and ABS.
We require a minimum of a 2,000 lbs post industrial / commercial waste / scrap plastic, depending on the plastic type or form.
Call us with questions! 503-829-3550
#2 HDPE: Plastic Totes, Trays, Crates, Bins, Bottles, Baskets, Jugs, Storage Bins, Pails, Buckets, Containers, Cups, Caps, Lids, Totes, Tanks, IBC’s, Roll Carts, Sheet, Barrels, Pipe, Liner, Pallets, Sign Sheets, Sprues, Runners, Nursery, Purge, Thermoformed
#2 MDPE: Plastic Sheet, Trays, Baskets, Mud Flap, Liner, Pipe, Bottles, Lids, Cups, Containers, Caps, Jug, Bins, Purge
#2 LMDPE: Plastic (Linear Medium Density Polyethylene) Rotomold, and Sheet
#3 PVC: “Vinyl” Window Trim (postindustrial no glass), Fencing, Siding, Purge, and Pipe
#4 LDPE: Plastic Film, Cups, Lids, Bins, Containers, Purge
#5 PP: Plastic Totes, Trays, Tanks, Crates, Bins, Bottles, Baskets, Jugs, Storage Bins, Pails, Buckets, Containers, Cups, Caps, Lids, Sheet, Pipe, Liner, Pallet, Sign Sheet, Nursery, Purge
#5/#7 PP / TPO / TPE: Plastic Bumpers, Pallets, Sheet, Containers, Bins
#6 PS: NO NURSERY UNLESS BRAND NEW POTS
LIMITED PS RECEIVING, PLEASE CALL WITH VOLUMES OVER 2,000 LBS OF ONE FORM
#8 ABS: Sheet, Cups, Lids, Parts, Sprues, Runners, Containers, Thermoformed
Recycling Different Plastic Waste/Scrap Types
Plastic is all around us. Everywhere we turn, be it at home or at work, in tools and equipment or toys and decor, it is one of the most commonly used materials on earth. Little wonder then that the task of disposing plastic waste is a major environmental issue. But that is where we come in.
For decades, Atkore Northwest Polymers has been purchasing the plastic scrap material that the commercial and manufacturing industries produce, providing the perfect answer to their waste plastic disposal problems.
Benefits of Selling Your Plastic Waste
1. The fact that your plastic is purchased helps offset any expenses incurred. In fact, instead of paying landfill costs, you can increase revenue.
2. Industry environmental standards are met and surpassed, thanks to our high processing standards.
3. Your company enhances its ‘green’ image in the public eye – a major plus in terms of public relations and community position.
We remove, process and resell a variety of plastics that benefits our customers at both ends of our industry, and makes the environment that little bit cleaner.
By selling your plastic waste to us, you can be sure that it will be disposed of efficiently and cost-effectively, and reprocessed for sale at our state-of-the-art recycling center in Oregon.
We Buy Material
From All Of the Western United States and Western Canada
VP MFG Operations
Mark Shuholm
mshuholm@atkore.com
Director of Recycling Procurement & Sales
Zach Shuholm
zshuholm@atkore.com
Logistics
Ben Castillo
bcastillo@atkore.com
Accounting Manager
Angie Miller
amiller@atkore.com