Avient will be featuring many of its latest sustainability technologies that can improve the customer experience of working with post-consumer recycled (PCR) content and support the use of PCR materials in packaging, including: Sustainability experts from Avient will be on hand to help address recycling challenges in packaging, drawing on research conducted at Avient’s CycleWorks™ Innovation Center that focuses on mechanical recycling challenges and solutions.   Avient is certified ACC Responsible Care®, a founding member of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste and certified Great Place to Work®.

It provides a solution for brand owners, recyclers and convertors working with ever-increasing quantities of recycled polyolefin who need to maintain high-quality levels of PCR. CycleWorks™ Innovation Center For Plastics Recycling

In addition, resources like our Cycleworks™ Innovation Center for Plastic Recycling and Color Prediction Service are integral to strengthening our expertise and enabling our customers to meet their sustainability commitments. Avient’s product stewardship team monitors the status of various chemistries and works with our R&D teams to drive the innovation pipeline with these alternative solutions.

Works with mixed grades of PCR, both rPET and polyolefins CycleWorks™ Innovation Center For Plastics Recycling

We continue to work with our customers to develop innovative sustainable solutions. In addition to our material solutions, Avient has developed services to further enable our customers’ ability to meet their commitments, including Cycleworks, ColorWorks and Avient Design. It works to create an active barrier against oxygen ingress, helping to enhance product protection and extend shelf life.

CycleWorks™ Innovation Center For Plastic Recycling

Avient Opens CycleWorks Innovation Center to Advance Circular Economy and Recycling Goals

During the conference, Sean Bernhardt, senior manager, Technology, will take the Innovation Stage on Tuesday, March 7 at 5:30 PM to discuss recycling challenges and share an overview of the CycleWorks™ innovation center – Avient’s testing facility that explores real-world recycling in a research environment. Avient is certified ACC Responsible Care®, a founding member of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste and certified Great Place to Work®.

Recyclability Assessment at CycleWorks™ Our Cycleworks™ Innovation Center specializes in testing and evaluating recycling solutions. Some of the information arises from laboratory work with small-scale equipment which may not provide a reliable indication of performance or properties obtained or obtainable on larger-scale equipment.

CycleWorks Innovation Center Learn more about our CycleWorks Innovation Center and it's dedication to providing recycling solutions