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Atlanta, Georgia
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770-582-9616

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Plastic Floor Sweeps Case Study

A major PP compounder saved its pellet plastic floor sweeps until they had a full 40,000 lb. load. They stored the plastic pellet floor sweeps in gaylord boxes with liners. The polypropylene pellet material was contaminated with talc, sweeping compound, sand, rocks, fiberglass, grease, and tramp metal hardware pieces. The compounder contacted US Plastics Recovery regarding the disposition of this material. USPR asked for samples for testing.

PP floor sweep before processing by USPR
PP floor sweep after processing by USPR

USPR Tests the Plastic Floor Sweeps

The compounder sent samples of the plastic pellet floor sweep to US Plastics Recovery. USPR tested the polymer material in its plastics laboratory. USPR determined that it could turn this near-worthless PP plastic floor sweep into a blended high-izod polypropylene suitable for injection molding. The compounder shipped the material to USPR in Atlanta.

USPR Removes the Contamination

USPR has designed and built a large high-speed factory that shreds, grinds, air-washes, size-classifies, water-washes, and separates plastics and common contaminates.  The floor sweep from this compounder was put through USPR’s purification process.  The resulting material had a very high level of strength and purity – enough to go into automobile parts. This particular material went into septic system components. Material to make septic systems components must pass stringent tests to ensure the compression resistance of the final product. Septic fields are often run over by vehicles during and after home construction.

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The South’s leading plastics manufacturers trust US Plastics Recovery

USPR is celebrating our 13th year serving the plastics industry. Our services including plastic shredding, grinding, washing, floating, screening, and lab services.

USPR maintains a large stable of plastics recycling equipment - 70", 62" and 52" Vecoplan shredders. Grinders with 100 horsepower or more. Our wash/float and screening machinery can clean floor sweep and materials that have been contaminated.

We are located in Atlanta, Georgia.

Recent Posts

  • USPR sponsors Friends of Refugees Job Fair
  • USPR to Exhibit at the Plastics Recycling Conference in DC March 11-13, 2019
  • USPR Expands Float-Wash Capacity 4X
  • USPR Announces $1.5MM Credit Facility Capacity
  • USPR covered in Spring, 2018 Plastics Recycling Update magazine

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CISA Essential Business

USPR collects and removes solid recyclable waste from industrial firms, some of which are medical devices to be destroyed and recycled into polymer molding materials sold to other sites defined by the Federal Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) definitions as "Essential Industries." USPR is authorized by the State of Georgia to remain open and operational. Gwinnett County Emergency Order No. 1-4 is null and void due to preemption by the Georgia Order. USPR is designated by CISA as an essential business under chemical, single use plastics, pharmaceutical, and waste sectors. Employees and contractors of USPR are authorized to travel to and from USPR. USPR is not open to the public and it does not accept any driveups.

Recycling Programs

USPR is conveniently located in the heart of the South in Atlanta, Georgia. We provide high-capacity industrial plastics recycling, plastic toll processing, complete recycling programs, and large-scale destruction services. USPR has expertise in all the major types of manufacturing scrap - metals, … [more] about Plastics Recycling

Why USPR?

Great companies keep working to become greater. USPR continuously focuses on the fundamentals:  control, information, efficiency, and communication - all in the pursuit of delighting our customers with fantastic raw plastic molding materials. This is the third time our team reorganized, optimized, and grew our production layout. Polymers speed through our operation with the minimum number of touches, moves, and processes. This efficiency is passed onto our clients as what we believe is the … [more] about Why USPR?

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900 Raco Drive
Lawrenceville, GA 30046
770-582-9616
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13 years & 200MM lbs. recycled!

Toll processing & destruction

Are you with a government agency or department and have warehouses full of documents and media that must be destroyed, but you don't want to send them to a paper recycler due to security reasons? We can help. USPR has millions of pounds of monthly capacity to destroy sensitive documents, products, … [more] about Toll Processing & Destruction Services

USPR News

  • USPR sponsors Friends of Refugees Job Fair April 24, 2019
  • USPR to Exhibit at the Plastics Recycling Conference in DC March 11-13, 2019 March 7, 2019
  • USPR Expands Float-Wash Capacity 4X November 20, 2018
  • USPR Announces $1.5MM Credit Facility Capacity September 12, 2018
  • USPR covered in Spring, 2018 Plastics Recycling Update magazine June 4, 2018
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