Where plastics and sustainability go hand in hand.

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Your Sustainable Plastic Partners

We’re committed to helping your business grow and making the world a better place. When you partner with us, you can gain peace of mind knowing that we as your plastics partner are doing our part to preserve the environment...and that you've joined the One Cope family of companies committed to environmental sustainability.

Our sustainability practices include recycling 90% of the materials we use in our business process, which adds up to over 260,000 pounds of paper, metal, oil, cardboard, and electronics annually. We also help our partners solve their sustainability challenges through our customer recycling program.

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Solar Powered

Our scrap processing facility generates enough solar electricity annually to cover its warehouse energy costs.

Recycling Program

We’re keeping millions of pounds of our customers’ materials out of landfills every year.

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LED Lighting

The LED bulbs in our facilities use 75% less energy and last 25 times longer than incandescent lighting.

Our Sustainability Promise

“Cope Plastics is committed to making the world a better place. We’re partnering with suppliers, customers, and the community to minimize our environmental impact while increasing sustainability and green initiatives through innovation, education, and social responsibility.”

Key Industry Benefits

Agriculture
Construction
Food and Beverage
Fluid Handling
Material Handling

Agriculture

Greenhouses made with performance plastics increase yields by 2x and extend the growing season, so farmers can produce more food on less land.

Using plastic mulch can increase yield and water use efficiency by 25% and allow farming in areas that would otherwise be too cold or dry to grow food.
25% increase yield and water efficiency

Construction

Compared to traditional building bricks, plastic building blocks emit 95% less CO2.

The energy saved by using plastic building and construction materials compared to alternative materials is approximately 467.2 trillion BTU of energy a year; enough to meet the average annual energy needs of 4.6 million U.S. households.
95% emits less Co2

Food and Beverage

Performance plastics allow for 85% weight reduction when compared to metals, allowing for higher processing speeds.

Polycarbonate is 30X stronger than acrylic and more than 200X stronger than glass. It is a long-lasting choice of material for conveyor systems in the food processing industry.
85% Weight reduction

Fluid Handling

The latest innovations in antimicrobial plastic can reduce bacteria by up to 99.99%.

Thermoplastics are lightweight, averaging 1/16th the weight of metals and are lower in total material and installation costs than conventional metal systems.
99.9% reduce bacteria up to

Material Handling

UHMW weighs 1/8 as much as steel but can outlast it 3:1 in most conveyor applications, saving energy in transporting the material and the waste of replacing the steel parts. Plus, noise levels can be reduced up to 50%.

200x Stronger than glass
9
IAPD Environmental Program Awards
2.7
million pounds of plastic recycled annually
90%
of material used in our business process is recycled
26
million pounds of plastic recycled to date (and counting!)
100+
active recycling customers

Awards

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