In the last few decades, the US has experienced significant growth in the total production of passenger cars and commercial vehicles, including trucks and buses. This rise in production has led to higher consumption of maintenance products, such as lubricant oil, and therefore more containers disposed of in landfills. This expansion puts pressure on the already difficult problem of waste disposal as it increases the quantity of hazardous waste and materials of difficult degradation being disposed of in landfills.

The National Lubricant Recycling Coalition (NLCRC) was established as an industry-led technical coalition at the beginning of 2021 by a committed group of industry leaders in lubricant and associated plastic packaging manufacturing, focused on establishing solutions for post-consumer recovery and recycling of plastic lubricant containers.

The coalition aims to bring brands and value chain participants together in an equal partnership to create and inspire well-defined, sustainable, and economically driven solutions to the recycling of hard-to-degrade lubricant packaging within the US.

Reflecting on the past year, you are invited to read our blog posts to learn about the challenges at hand and how the NLCRC is building an approach to address them: 

• What Are Other Recycling Coalitions Doing and How Can The NLCRC Leverage That Knowledge?

• Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Legislation For Packaging Is Gaining Attention In The United States

• How Your Corporate ESG Strategy and Lubricant Container Recycling Go Hand in Hand

• Our Purpose, Vision, and Approach and Why It Matters For Lubricant Container Recycling

• Eco-Modulation As An Instrument For Lubricant Container Recycling In The US

• How Does New Product Labeling Laws Impact Lubricant Packaging?

• The Intersection of COP26, The Circular Economy, and Lubricant Container Recycling

• Chemical Recycling, A Waste Diversion Strategy for Lubricant Containers In The US

• Building solutions for recycling lubricant containers

From industries to households, everyone has an essential role in reducing the lubricant container waste problem in the US. The NLCRC founding leaders include Castrol, Valvoline, Pennzoil - Quaker State Company, Graham Packaging, and Plastipak Packaging. 

Learn how the NLCRC is addressing the waste problem by becoming a member. Connect with us through LinkedIn and Twitter. If you have any questions or inquires, send us an email at hello@nationallcrc.com.