We operate the largest plastic bag recycling plant in the world

Located in North Vernon, Indiana

Have you ever wondered where your plastic bags go once you place them in your local grocery store's recycling bin?  Our recycling facility is the largest closed loop plastic bag recycling facility in the world, where plastic bags are turned back into resin pellets and then back in to bags.  More than just plastic bags, we're able to make bags with levels of post consumer content.  Our commitment to more sustainable packaging reduces your shopping carbon footprint and preserves natural resources. 

Check with your local store to see if they provide post consumer recycled content shopping bags from HIlex.

as well as information about exisiting and proposed compliance standards.  If You Dont Have a Login....Contact Your Sales Rep

Plastic bag myths are all over the internet and sometimes even in the news. Readers and reporters can both be unwillingly misled by websites constructed to seem authoritative. Our website was designed to help consumers understand the origin of these myths…do you know the facts about plastic bags?

 

 

2009 Waste Watchers Awards Announced

Hilex Poly is proud announce that our Bag-2-Bag Recycling program was selected by the Professional Recyclers of Pennsylvania (PROP), Pennsylvania Waste Industries Association (PWIA) and the Keystone Chapter of the Solid Waste Association of North America (Keystone SWANA) to be honored with a 2009 Waste Watcher Award for recycling and waste reduction achievements.

 

Hilex Poly Holds Grand Opening at Expanded Plastic Bag Recycling Facility

Read more about how Hilex Poly and our employees are committed to recycling plastic bags

 

Hilex News

01.24.10

Bag the (reusable) bag: a new green monster is on the rise

The biggest backer of reusable bags accuses supermarkets of profiteering from their sales.


01.24.10

In Washington, a Lesson In Bureaucracy Comes in Every Bag

Tax on Paper, Plastic Sacks Puzzles Stores; Does Edible Body Frosting Count as Food?


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