NOVA Chemicals Corporation announced that its polyethylene film mechanical recycling facility in Connersville, Ind., has achieved the Recycled Material Standard (RMS) certification from GreenBlue. This third-party certification verifies that the SYNDIGO鈩� brand recycled polyethylene produced at the facility is 100% post-consumer recycled content.
The comprehensive RMS鈥檚 certification process is earned through a rigorous series of audits and supply point verifications. With this certification, the RMS confirms that NOVA Chemicals鈥� Connersville facility meets all necessary requirements to trace feedstock to finished products.
鈥淭he RMS certification is the latest achievement for the SYNDIGO1 facility, and it underscores NOVA Chemicals鈥� commitment to advancing circular solutions and sustainable packaging for flexible plastics,鈥� said Greg DeKunder, vice president of NOVA Circular Solutions, a business of NOVA Chemicals. 鈥淏eyond meeting RMS鈥� stringent traceability requirements, our customers can trust that they are receiving high performing post-consumer recycled polyethylene.鈥�
鈥淭he expertise and quality mindset that NOVA Chemicals has delivered for over 50 years for polyethylene is now being applied to recycled polyethylene. Our goal is to set a new standard in PE film recycling and the production of recycled PE in the industry, and this RMS certification is the latest example of this effort,鈥� DeKunder continued.
More about SYNDIGO1 in Connersville:
鈥� The 450,000 sq.ft. SYNDIGO1 facility in Connersville leverages a state-of-the-art design and world-class equipment to produce high performing recycled polyethylene resins made from post-consumer films.
鈥� The plastic film collected from retail and distribution centers will be processed into pellets and sold as NOVA Chemicals鈥� SYNDIGO鈩� recycled linear, low-density polyethylene (rLL/LDPE) with an estimated production of over 100 million lbs. annually by 2026. This is equivalent to 145,000 bales of end-of-life plastic film that will be reprocessed and not placed in landfill.
鈥� Two of four lines are in operation, and we expect the facility will be fully operational by the end of 2025.
鈥� In 2024, NOVA Chemicals鈥� mechanical recycling process received a Letter of Non-Objection (LNO) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) confirming that the SYNDIGO1 facility has the ability to produce post-consumer rLLDPE that is suitable for food-contact applications.