15 Oct 2026Memphis should be treated as a distinct western Tennessee market rather than a proxy for the entire state. Its freight airport, river, rail and interstate assets create a strong aggregation platform for commercial film, pallets, totes, drums and packaging from distribution and food operations. The local opportunity is logistics-led, even when the final reprocessor is…
14 Oct 2026Georgia is a fast-growing logistics and manufacturing market in which collection infrastructure is uneven. Atlanta and its warehouse belt generate dense flows of commercial film and rigid transport packaging, while smaller cities and rural counties often need aggregation equipment before a buyer can receive economic loads. Georgia EPD grant data provide a defensible view of…
14 Oct 2026In 2024, Florida estimated 744,560 tons of plastic bottles and reported 45,334 tons recycled, a 6 percent rate. It also estimated 3,007,682 tons of other plastics and reported 85,985 tons recycled, a 3 percent rate. Combining only those two defined categories gives 3,752,242 tons generated and 131,319 tons recycled, or approximately 3.5 percent. This combined…
13 Oct 2026Pennsylvania offers unusually useful county and municipal reporting under Act 101, but the data still require disciplined interpretation. In 2024 the state reported 4.98 million tons of recyclable material, a decrease of 0.33 million tons, or 6.30 percent, from 2023. This is an all-materials figure and must not be presented as plastic recycling. The 2023…
13 Oct 2026Ohio is one of the strongest states for linking plastic recovery to manufacturing demand. It combines automotive suppliers, polymer compounding, pipe production, packaging, distribution and access to Great Lakes and interstate freight corridors. Its value lies not only in collecting more plastic, but in converting consistent local feedstock into products with durable demand. Ohio EPA…
12 Oct 2026Texas is at once a high-volume disposal market, a major resin production center and a logistics platform connecting Mexico, the Gulf Coast and the central United States. The same geography that creates long collection distances also supports rail, port and truck corridors capable of moving baled plastic, regrind and resin at industrial scale. The 2019…
12 Oct 2026California is the most policy-intensive plastics market in the United States, and therefore the state in which documentation quality can matter as much as price. The commercial opportunity is not one undifferentiated stream. It is a portfolio of bottle-grade PET and HDPE, rigid polypropylene, agricultural film, distribution film, durable-goods resin and difficult residuals, each of…
9 Oct 2026Louisiana combines petrochemical and resin production, industrial packaging, pipe and construction products, food processing, agriculture, marine services, ports and distribution. The Lower Mississippi corridor connects Baton Rouge, the River Parishes and New Orleans with processors and export gateways. Lake Charles and Southwest Louisiana add energy, chemical and heavy industrial activity. Acadiana, Shreveport-Bossier, Monroe and Central…
9 Oct 2026Michigan combines one of North America's deepest automotive supply chains with packaging, furniture, appliance, food, medical, chemical and distribution operations. Detroit, Dearborn and the I-75 corridor connect vehicle and component plants with processors on both sides of the United States-Canada border. Grand Rapids and West Michigan add furniture, consumer products, food processing and advanced manufacturing.…
9 Oct 2026New Jersey compresses ports, warehouses, pharmaceutical and food manufacturing, plastics converting, consumer markets and interstate freight into a small but highly varied geography. Newark, Elizabeth and Jersey City connect industrial generators with the Port of New York and New Jersey. Bergen, Passaic, Middlesex, Mercer, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Monmouth, Ocean, Atlantic, Cumberland and Cape May counties…
