Legacy Plastic
Legacy Plastic™ transforms ocean, shoreline and marine industrial recovered plastics into performance products.
Ocean Legacy Foundation, a Canadian non-profit organization that develops and implements worldwide plastic pollution response programs with the goal to end ocean plastic pollution, will be participating in BUILDEX Vancouver today and tomorrow at the Vancouver Convention Centre West, booth 1449. They will be showcasing lumber products, including planter boxes, patio furniture and benches made from high-grade 100 per cent post-consumer processed recycled plastic, called Legacy Plastic™.
Legacy Plastic comprises recycled marine gear, such as fishing ropes, buoys, floats, oyster trays, and other plastic debris recovered during ocean, shoreline, and marine equipment cleanups, that has been reprocessed for use in the manufacturing of new durable products. With the recent launch of Legacy Plastic, companies can now use recycled marine plastics in their products, creating a closed-loop system for these materials.
“Ocean Legacy is excited to a part of this year’s BUILDEX Vancouver, as we have an array of products to showcase that are made from 100 per cent recycled marine plastics, and we want to highlight how these new products will continue to advance the success of the plastic circular economy,” said co-founder Chloé Dubois. “We continue to look for opportunities to repurpose captured wasted plastics using innovative manufacturing technologies.”
BUILDEX Vancouver is Western Canada’s largest business to business forum connecting the holistic building industry. The forum provides attendees with the opportunity to meet, network, learn and source new products alongside building industry colleagues and influencers.
“We are very proud of Legacy Plastic as it provides Ocean Legacy Foundation with an economical and sustainable revenue stream, while providing companies with an opportunity to manufacture their products using local, high quality post-consumer recycled content resins that have a relatively lower carbon footprint when compared to virgin plastic production,” said Dubois.
To learn more about Ocean Legacy and Legacy Plastic, visit legacyplastic.ca.