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Firstar Fiber Inc.: Products with 85% Postconsumer Resin

11/21/23 - This case study by the U.S. Plastics Pact takes a look at how Firstar Fiber is developing a comprehensive approach to make it relatively convenient for both residents and for the MRF to recover far more plastics than ever before, and how it is being achieved in a sustainable market-driven manner. Click the link below to read the full story.

A PRF-ect Solution?

11/9/23 - Firstar Fiber was featured in a terrific article by Recycling Today about how our company is creating a circular business model by processing hard-to-recycle plastics from the Hefty® ReNew® orange bags and turning them into feedstock for Solutions Plastic Lumber in-house. Click the link below to read the full story.

Whispering Roots Project

05/30/2023 - Whispering Roots received $50,000 from the OPPD Greener Together program to work with students from grade school through high school on sustainability, STEM and agricultural fields of study. Whispering Roots is building raised garden beds using lumber made by First Star Recycling and Solutions Plastic from hard-to-recycle plastic waste diverted from the landfill. The nonprofit works with students who live in socially and economically underserved communities. You can read more about the project here.