Dive summary:

• A wood-alternative decking company, Trex Co., has recently retrofitted their troublesome collection program with a new compressed-air mini-baler that collects and produces 50-pound bales of thin-film plastic products, which are easy to produce and haul.
• After the plastic is compressed into these bales, they can be held in one location until there is enough for a truckload which can be hauled away.
• The process is expected to go so well that Trex wants to expand the program into all 50 states.

From the article:

Now Trex is retrofitting existing recycling program participants in Southern California with new compressed-air mini-balers that produce manageable 50-pound bales. The bales are collected and held in one location until a truck is full and ready to haul the plastic to a Trex facility in Nevada.

"We've got our key accounts that have been with us since day one. We'd like to use them as case studies and then encourage other locations to join in on the new mini-balers," he said.

Trex hopes to eventually expand the program to all 50 states as part of the different types of recycling programs the company has going all over the country. ...