Axion International Celebrates “America Recycles Day”

In an effort to bring attention to the ground-breaking work being done in recycling, Axion International producer of the recycled, composite plastic industrial building products, takes the occasion of November 15, "America Recycles Day," to call upon American consumers and manufacturers to increase recycling efforts to help build a better, greener and more sustainable future.

"Today,
in many parts of the world, green tech and recycling organizations and
companies — and hopefully recyclers everywhere — are celebrating,"
stated Jim Kerstein, Axion’s co-founder and CEO. "It’s time companies like
Axion, who provide an up-cycled product made entirely from diverted
waste-stream post-consumer plastic, to show the rest of the world what many
have already discovered. Your recycled plastic can make a difference and the
next time you discard your plastic milk jugs or detergent bottles, please think
of the images we provide today. Bridges have been built able to support the
weight of M-1 tanks and railroad locomotives out of your garbage. We are
providing an infrastructure building material that civil engineers and
contractors will soon be using to build over-the-road bridges. Give us your
plastic refuse so we can build more."

In
the past year, Axion has helped divert more than 2.5 million pounds of
post-consumer plastic out of the waste stream. By diverting millions of milk
jugs and detergent bottles, enough to stretch most of the entire Atlantic
seaboard, the company has been able to provide thousands of railroad ties to
both domestic and international railway clients installing ties stretching from
the Pacific Northwest to Morocco. Also, in conjunction with the Army Corp of
Engineers, Axion has helped design and build bridges at three major US Army
bases supporting everything from pedestrian troops and small-wheeled vehicles
to 70-plus ton M-1 tanks, and 130-plus ton railroad locomotives.

Developed
in conjunction with Rutgers University’s Materials Sciences and Engineering
Department, Axion’s Recycled Structural Composite (RSC) is inert and contains
no toxic materials. It is impervious to insect infestation, will never leach
toxic chemicals nor warp. Because it is lighter than traditional materials,
transporting RSC is less expensive and reduces energy costs. In addition, RSC is
completely recyclable at the end of its functional life.