Products with Post-Consumer Recycled (PCR)
Our post-consumer recycled plastic (PCR) products are manufactured with raw materials from certified recycling companies. These companies collect, segregate, and transform plastic products from end users into inputs, promoting the reuse of "second-hand", because if there is market value in these inputs they will not be discarded to the environment.
Different types of recycling cycles
Closed loop
They are characterized by the return of a given product, from which the constituent material is extracted selectively for the manufacture product similar to the original.
Open loop
Its main characteristic is the return of materials such as metals, plastics, glass, papers, packaging and others to the production chain in the form of raw materials.
Downcycling
It is the process of a recovering a material for reuse in a product with less value. The integrity of the material is somewhat compromised with the recovery process.
PCR products manufactured by ELC use up to 75% post consumer content
ELC uses only products that are certified by EUCertPlast.
The production process at ELC is also certified by a partner who grants the PCR seal via ISO 14021.
