PureCycle Joined Forces with Jacksonville Jaguars to Eliminate Plastic Waste

SEATTLE (Scrap Monster): PureCycle Technologies, Inc. announced that it has partnered with the Jacksonville Jaguars to divert over half a million pieces of plastic waste at TIAA Bank Field from ending up in landfills or waterways. The sports team will implement PureCycle’s PureZero waste program- a customised waste program for stadiums and entertainment venues.

The partnership aims to reduce the amount of plastic waste generated during games and events featuring the team. Furthermore, it will collect and recycle No.5 plastic or polypropylene- the most commonly found plastic at stadiums across North America, thus ensuring a truly circular recycling system for the material.

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As part of the program, PureCycle will collect and recycle and remove impurities from souvenir stadium cups and food containers. The recycled plastic will be used to create an ultra-pure recycled (UPR) plastic that could be recycled several times.

Commenting on the partnership, Mike Otworth, CEO, PureCycle noted that the partnership aims to recycle more than 500,000 pieces of plastic waste, thus ending the single-use plastic cycle at TIAA Bank Field. The program will help to stop gameday plastic trash from being landfilled or flowing into rivers and oceans, he added.