What we take
Multi-layer plastic
Your favorite almond bag may look and feel like they're made of only one kind of plastic, but they're actually made of multiple layers of different materials. These layers help keep food fresh, but they are notoriously difficult to recycle.
Ridwell partners with innovative specialty recyclers to turn them into cool new products like building materials and leach-free stormwater drainage material.
As part of our commitment to recycling innovation, we often send trial shipments to new partners to test new technologies. Exploring these early-stage opportunities helps us stay at the forefront of emergent solutions.
About our partners
How we keep your Multi-layer plastic out of landfills.
We partner directly with innovators who transform hard-to-recycle materials into new products—so you can see exactly where your items go and what they become.
Featured Partner
Merlin Plastics
Merlin Plastics, a circular economy-focused plastic recycler servicing the U.S. and Canada, gives used plastic a new life, providing an alternative to virgin resin to be used by plastic manufacturers. Used plastics, like your plastic items collected by Ridwell, are shredded, washed, and pelletized into a post-consumer resin (PCR) at Merlin. Ultimately, PCR is used to make various commercial and industrial products like nursery planting pots, piping, and more. Merlin is committed to circularizing discarded packaging in an environmentally sound, economically efficient, and socially responsible fashion.
Featured Partner
Hydroblox, Inc.
HydroBlox creates commercial and industrial drainage solutions. HydroBlox manufactures drainage material in the shape of long planks made from 100% landfill-bound plastic. These planks help control water flow, directing rain and stormwater from under roadways and homes back to the aquifers where they belong. HydroBlox prides itself on its environmentally friendly manufacturing process which uses no glue, binders, chemicals or exhaust heat to bind together and it does not create dust or fumes. Even the water used for cooling the material is recycled and the scrap plastic is re-recycled. HydroBlox has been named one of the top mechanical recycling companies in the world by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
