Dedicated to Sustainability

What Star Plastics is Doing About the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Star Plastics supports the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and, as a company born as a recycler, it is part of our DNA. We’re currently addressing (or continuing to address) several of these SDGs to lead to a more sustainable business and world.

See what we’re doing on the following select goals.

3 – Good Health and Well-Being ­

• Employees participate in several health challenges throughout the year including water intake, walking and weight loss challenges.
• Star sponsors local school sports teams
• Employees participate in charity walks for good causes.

4 – Quality Education

• Star has sponsored a scholarship for a local college-bound teen for the last four years.
• We are partners in education including a formal partnership with Henry J. Kaiser Elementary in Ravenswood, WV, Star’s hometown.
  • Employees read to students, participate in mentoring activities, community days, playground funding and building.
• Star participates in job fairs for the high school and the community
• Star funds a tuition reimbursement plan for our employees.

5 –  Gender Equality

• Star reports annually to the state of West Virginia on the percentage of women we employ.
• Many employees attend the Women Breaking the Mold conference each November, one of the premier events for female professionals in the plastics industry.
• We’re proud to employ and continue to promote women in sales, customer service, logistics, supply chain, the labs, human resources, production and more.

9 – Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

• Star’s resins are used in innovative products throughout our customer base
• We provide a wide range of compounds with sustainable, recycled, and/or biomaterial components.

11 – Sustainable Cities and Communities

• Star’s products help reduce weight in vehicles and construction materials, including electric vehicles.
• We promote energy efficiency in homes and buildings by manufacturing products that go into lighting control products.
• Star provides a wide range of recycled resins to its customers, many that are UL-certified for the percentage content of recycled materials.

12 – Responsible Consumption and Production

• Star’s hazardous waste management promotes responsible consumption and production in our plants.
• We track our diverted materials with a goal to reduce material going to landfill by 75% by the end of 2023
• We re-utilize “scrap” material to make new/recycled products.

13 – Climate Action

• Star promotes increasing energy efficiency in the production of our products, including new energy-efficient production lines and the use of recycled materials.
• We’re working hard to reduce our energy consumption at both our West Virginia plants and plan to reduce consumption at both by 10% by the end of 2023.