Envision Plastics has had success integrating marine plastics into the supply chain. But if more brand owners don’t step up to purchase the material, the whole effort may have to scale back, an executive at the reclaimer said.

Reidsville, N.C.-headquartered Envision Plastics has processed millions of pounds of plastic at risk of entering the Caribbean Sea, calling the recycled resin OceanBound Plastic.

But the OceanBound project may not be economically sustainable at current levels because end users have purchased only a fraction of it at prices that cover Envision’s costs, Tamsin Ettefagh, vice president of sales for Envision Plastics, recently told Resource Recycling.

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