Tucson, AZ Partners with Hefty ReNew to Keep Up with Plastic Diversion

The city of Tucson, Ariz. is in the midst of a new partnership with Hefty ReNew that will allow residents to dispose of hard-to-recycle plastics more easily.

“It was originally in partnership with ByFusion, and now we’ve exceeded our limits with that,” Tarpley said. “So, we’re partnering with Hefty ReNew because the city of Tucson residents were just really positively receptive to this program.”

The program was first intended to reduce single-use plastics from ending up in the landfill. However, ByFusion can only process 10 tons a month and the city is collecting double that amount. With Hefty ReNew, the city can collect those hard-to-recycle plastics and route them to qualified end markets that turn plastics into building products, construction materials, and plastic lumber.

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