Recycle Aerosol, LLC

We build long-term, mutually beneficial relationships with our customers and business partners. Together, we continuously refine your supply chain to promote maximum sustainability and reduce costs. Our customers have won awards based on their work with us, and we are constantly looking for new and safe ways to process more types of aerosols.Building a partnership with us is predicated upon a shared appreciation for completing our work with integrity, transparency and attention to all legal requirements.  Compliance is a central building block of all our customer relationships.

We offer:
• Excellence in reverse logistics for aerosols and compressed cylinders
• Commitment to long-term, mutually beneficial partnerships
• Expertise in developing creative, custom-tailored aerosol solutions
• Compliance experts central to problem-solving process
• Certification as Disadvantaged Business Enterprise

We work with companies who demonstrate:
• Commitment to safety, compliance and reducing liability at each step
• Concern for long-term aerosol supply chain sustainability
• Interest in developing a long-term, mutually beneficial aerosol solution

In 1990, entrepreneur Gerry Rains founded Recycle Inc. to avoid the waste inherent in traditional aerosol disposal. He worked for a large manufacturer and saw each day that a sustainable solution was needed for expired, off-spec and seasonal aerosol products. He believed he could find a use for each part and that he could reduce the carbon footprint of his customers at the same time. Each of the four main components of an aerosol — the can, its plastic cap, the propellant, and the product — would be recycled by being reclaimed or reused, an innovation in the field. Since 1990, Recycle Aerosol’s facility in Bells, Tennessee has reclaimed a variety of commercial and healthcare aerosol and non-aerosol products that are returned from manufacturers and retailers as either off-spec, out of date or seasonally-packaged. One customer recognized for “large hazardous waste reduction” with the Governor’s Environmental Stewardship Award. In 2011, Recycle Aerosol was recognized by the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation for excellence in “Environmental Stewardship” for its Zero-Waste Processing that enabled the recovery and recycling of more than four million aerosol cans in 2010. A single customer saved more than 180 tons of metal, recycled 28 tons of plastic and reclaimed more than 130,000 gallons of liquid product. Returns Distribution Specialists (RDS) is a reverse logistics company founded in 1995. They handle returns for manufacturers of a variety of products. RDS also provides services of sorting, inspecting, picking and packing of full or broken case orders, assembling of displays, and high level data collection, specialty packaging, blister packaging for customer returns. RDS is also certified by the FDA for video jetting lot codes on regulated products.