The Revinylize Recycling Collaborative plans to expand into Pennsylvania after a pilot program in Northeast Ohio recycled 400,00 pounds of aftermarket residential vinyl siding in 2023.
The pilot program was conducted by the Polymeric Exterior Products Association (PEPA), formerly the Vinyl Siding Institute, with funding from the Vinyl Institute trade group through its Viability recycling program.
Vinyl siding can be ground down and manufactured into more building products that also can be recycled. Vinyl material can be recycled as often as eight times without losing its durability and resilience.
In Ohio, PEPA built a network of siding installers, recyclers and collection sites, such as distributors and landfills, to divert and reclaim as much vinyl material as possible from landfills. The success of the pilot program inspired the launch of the Revinylize Recycling Collaborative in January to make rigid vinyl recycling accessible throughout North America.
The goal is to grow the collaboration membership and recycle 5 million pounds of post-consumer rigid vinyl during 2025 by making it as easy as possible to do, according to PEPA Vice President Matt Dobson.
"The Revinylize Recycling Collaborative is expecting to launch into Pennsylvania in the next month as well as other Midwest regions through recycling zones. These cover a group of collection sites in a geographic region that have a relationship with a verified recycler," Dobson said in an email. "The program's advisory council believes that New England and the rest of the Midwest are the best opportunities for the program moving forward into the fall months."