History in Plastic Recycling

History in Plastic Recycling

Star has developed high-quality material solutions for our customers through our resin and formulation expertise — and that includes pre- and post-consumer (PCR) resin.

We are committed to developing high-quality, sustainable material options for the market and to creating a more circular resin economy through formulating PCR resin compounds. With roots as a plastics recycling company, sustainability has always been at the core of our business. We provide various polymer grades with different PCR classifications and percentages to help our customers reach their environmental goals. You can even choose from UL environmentally validated materials to let you rest easy about your recycled-content products.

Star Plastics has its origin in parent company SDR Plastics, which was formed in 1988 as a post-industrial recycling company. Star (then SDR) received and processed plastic materials originally destined for a landfill, allowing those materials to re-enter the polymer market as competition with prime materials. Though now Star’s expertise lies in custom compounds, we carry the recycling story through to formulation and material processing. The team at Star is highly skilled in qualifying various recycled plastic material feed-streams, including both post-consumer and post-industrial recycled content, as well as in understanding the physical and performance characteristics of the reprocessed resin. Combined with our technical expertise in material formulation, we’re able to upgrade that material through internal processes and find value in recycled content as quality feedstock.

To support our customers’ environmental goals, we offer sustainable alternatives across our full product portfolio. Our materials are available in a range of polymer grades with varying PCR content levels and classifications, giving you flexibility without compromising performance.

We’ve been supplying recycled-content materials to the electrical and electronics market since 2007, with proven success in high-volume applications for leading OEMs.

In 2019, through our China facility, we introduced a PC/ABS grade incorporating ocean-bound plastics for a major global laptop manufacturer. We continue to expand our PCR offerings across additional markets and applications, helping advance sustainability throughout the plastics industry.