alberta industry contacts
Alberta Beverage Container Recycling Corporation (ABCRC)
ABCRC is the collection system agent responsible for collecting and recycling all non-refillable beverage containers returned to permitted Depots in Alberta. In 2021, ABCRC collected over 81% of plastic beverage containers sold in Alberta and diverted almost 21 thousand tonnes of plastics from landfill. The deposit return system in Alberta encourages consumers to leave the cap on plastic bottles so they are recovered and diverted from landfill as well.
ABCRC is working with the BCMB to measure the end of life of each container type to validate recyclability of each material and identify opportunities for improving recycling. www.abcrc.com
Contact: Guy West, President & CEO
gwest@abcrc.com
Alberta Coordinated Action for Recycling Enterprises (CARE)
www.albertacare.org
Alternative Plastic Products Manufacturing Inc.
www.altplastic.com
Contact
devin@altplastic.com
chad@altplastic.com
403-329-1713
Beverage Container Management Board (BCMB)
The Beverage Container Management Board (BCMB) is a Delegated Administrative Organization (DAO) responsible for regulating Alberta’s beverage container recycling system and leads the development of policy and programs that enable the recycling of beverage containers in Alberta. Plastic containers constitute approximately 35% of the system’s volume of 2.5 billion containers annually, and the BCMB works closely with the Alberta Beverage Container Recycling Corporation (ABCRC) to approve suitable methods of recycling for plastics and other materials. The BCMB is a not-for-profit established as a management board under Alberta’s Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act and incorporated under the Societies Act of Alberta. https://www.bcmb.ab.ca/
Contact: Blaire Gaalaas, President
bgaalaas@bcmb.ab.ca
Berry bpi Agriculture
Berry bpi packaging solutions, part of Berry Global, manufactures an extensive range of flexible packaging films that help to protect, secure and enhance a wide variety of products in many different end-markets. We are one of Europe’s largest recyclers of polyethylene films and also produce Sustane®, our own range of polymers made from recycled plastics. Our commitment to sustainability, innovation and excellence drives our business to ensure we deliver the packaging solutions that customers and consumers demand. Berry operates a facility to manufacture grain bags and agricultural plastics in Edmonton, Alberta and is working on incorporating recycled content into its manufacturing process.
Contact: Mike Bezboridka, Quality Assurance Manager
mikebezboridka@berryglobal.com
Chemistry Industry Association of Canada (CIAC) - Plastics Division
Cielo Waste Solutions Corp.
Contact
Don Allan, President
don.allan@cielows.com
CleanFARMS
www.cleanfarms.ca
Contact
Davin Johnson
Alberta Program Advisor
johnsond@cleanfarms.ca
403-942-6012
EFS Plastics
Founded in 2007, Environmentally Friendly Solutions, better known as EFS-plastics Inc. has more than 25 years of experience in post-consumer plastic recycling between Germany and Canada. Located in Listowel, Ontario, in a 75,000 square foot facility on 10.6 acres of land, and a 90,000 square foot facility in Hazleton, Pennsylvania, we divert 70,000,000 lbs/year from landfills. The company now has a location in Lethbridge, AB.
See the corporate website for more details: https://www.efs-plastics.ca/.
Contact:
Martin Vogt (CEO)
519 998-0547
martin.vogt@efs-plastics.ca
EPS Molders Inc.
Contact:
Shelley Hiron
General Manager
shelley@greatwhitefoam.ca
780-224-6997
Friendly Earth Environmental
Visit their Facebook page for the latest video on bumper recycling.
Contact
Cameron Marriott
Manager
cameron.m@friendlyearth.com
403-243-1151
Full Circle Plastics
www.fullcircleplastics.com.
Contact
Jonathan Beekman
jonathan@fullcircleplastics.com
403-380-4424
Hoffman Consulting
Contact
Lyle Hoffman
lhoffman@hoffmanconsulting.ca
780-679-4619
Hood Packaging
Ingenia Polymers
Contact: Moji Siahpoosh
Regional Sales Manager – West
moji.siahpoosh@ingeniapolymers.com
Merlin Plastics
For more information please call Darryl Wolski at 403-993-8033.
www.merlinplastics.com
Nuera Green Technologies Inc.
Contact: Kevin Walsh, CFO, kevin@bwatercap.com, 403-318-1207
Contact: Trevor Mundle COO trevormundle89@gmail.com, 780-984-5318
Orion Plastics Inc.
Orion Plastics produces end-consumer plastic products ranging from automotive parts to hockey rinks. The on-site warehouse space and materials-handling facilities allows to stock different sheet sizes, gauges, and colours. Many different sheet requirements can be satisfied in a single order, thereby economizing freight costs, volume pricing and delivery for clients..
Contact:
Ronald Kumar
ronaldk@orionplastics.com
780-819-2197
Plastics Alliance of Alberta
The Alliance is a collaboration between industry, government, academia, and non-government organizations representing Alberta’s plastics value chain with the aim to build and capture the opportunities of a circular economy.
Members are committed to finding solutions to manage plastics and keep them out of the environment while contributing to economic opportunities and growth.
Contact: Jelena Bajic (Co-Chair) jelenab@nait.ca or Christina Seidel (Co-Chair) cseidel@sonnevera.com
PolyAg Recycling Ltd.
Website: www.polyagrecycling.com
Contact
Dan Zembal, President
dan.zembal@polyagrecycling.com
403-998-9966
Polycycle Environmental Inc.
Contact
Kevin Kernaghan
Kevin@polycycle.ca
587.435.4825
Rundleco
www.rundleco.com
Contact
Mike Rutherford
mr@rundleco.com
403-681-6644
Rural Municipalities of Alberta (RMA)
Contact
Tasha Blumenthal
Director of External Relations and Advocacy
tasha@rmalberta.com
Simplas
Simplas offers drop-off services for contractors, and bins are accepted.
Simplas is highly active in education and awareness to help divert plastics from the landfill. We are collaborating in several programs to capture waste plastic at Municipal Landfills, Construction Sites as well as contractors’ yards.
Please get involved in a PROGRAM TODAY!
Contact
Stuart Clark
stuart@simplas.ca
780-818-8095
Styro-Go
company that is expanding across Canada.
Contact
Robert Herrit
robert.he@styrogo.com
403-606-5833
Styro.Re.Cycle
Contact
Leighton Larson
Styro.Re.Cycle Co-founder
Styro.re.cycle2@gmail.com
780-910-2493
https://www.styrorecycle.ca/
https://www.facebook.com/StyroReCycle/
The Alberta Recycling Management Authority
Contact
Elizabeth Gray
Public Information Manager
info@albertarecycling.ca
1-888-999-8762 or 780-990-1111
The Recycling Council of Alberta (RCA)
recycle.ab.ca
Contact:
Christina Seidel
info@recycle.ab.ca
403.843.6563
Westlock Regional Waste Management Commission

WRWMC is located in Westlock County with three partners, Westlock County, Town of Westlock, and the Village of Clyde. It has a class II MSW landfill as well as a regional recycle facility for cardboard, plastics, paper, tin, electronics, paints, tires, metals and ag plastic containers. It is operated and managed through the Waste Commission with a Commission Manager on site. Total waste handled is between 8,500 and 9,500 tonne per year with an average of 20% diversion currently, with a total of 45% in the next five years.
www.wrwmc.com
Contact:
Tom Moore, Commission Manager
manager@wrwmc.com
780-307-2456