Allan Gerlat, News Editor

October 19, 2012

1 Min Read
NextLife to Open Plastic Recycling Facility in Arkansas

NextLife Asset Recovery Services will open a new recycling facility and headquarters in Rogers, Ark.

The subsidiary of Boca Raton, Fla.-based NextLife Enterprise LLC said it will invest more than $10 million for a recycling facility to process post-consumer plastic into an environmentally sustainable resin for new consumer plastic products. The company has agreements with several organizations to supply the post-consumer plastic waste, according to a news release.

NextLife will hire 350 employees with the new recycling facility. It will be NextLife’s third location and second processing facility.

The Rogers facility is the first phase of NextLife’s growth plans. Next it will establish production lines to turn the plastic waste into sustainable resin. Then the company will establish joint ventures and manufacturing facilities with plastic goods makers.

NextLife’s high-performance re-engineered sustainable resins can be customized for a range of applications, including consumer products and food packaging.

 

About the Author(s)

Allan Gerlat

News Editor, Waste360

Allan Gerlat joined the Waste360 staff in September 2011 as news editor. He was the editor of Waste & Recycling News for the first 16 years of its history, and under his guidance the publication won 27 national and regional awards.

Before Waste & Recycling News, Allan worked at another Crain Communications publication, Rubber & Plastics News, which covers rubber product manufacturing. He began with the publication as associate editor and eventually became managing editor, a position he held for nine years.

Allan is a graduate of Ohio University, where he earned a BS in journalism. He is based in Sagamore Hills, in northeast Ohio.

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