First Star Recycling

05/26/2026

A huge thank you to the amazing team from The Blue Bucket Project for once again helping clean up our grounds at First Star Recycling! This is such a caring, hardworking group, and we truly appreciate the time and energy you continue to give to our community. ♻️💙

05/13/2026

🚨 Last call for tomorrow’s Recycling in Action tour! ♻️ May 14, 1-2:30pm https://www.firststarrecycling.com/tour-schedule

See one of the Heartland’s largest recycling facilities in action — including our unique orange bag–to–plastic lumber manufacturing operation at First Star Recycling.

If you’re interested in sustainable building products or carrying ReClaim™ plastic lumber, we’d love to meet you.

The Association of Plastic Recyclers Solutions Plastic Lumber Keep Omaha Beautiful, Inc.

05/11/2026

♻️🪵 Curious how hard-to-recycle plastics are turned into usable building products?

Join us Thursday, May 14 for a behind-the-scenes Recycling in Action tour at First Star Recycling and learn how ReClaim™ plastic lumber is manufactured.

Perfect for sustainability advocates, contractors, lumber yards, distributors, landscape suppliers, and anyone interested in the circular economy.

The Association of Plastic Recyclers Keep Omaha Beautiful, Inc. Solutions Plastic Lumber

05/08/2026

What if hard-to-recycle plastics could become a marketable building product instead of landfill waste? ♻️

Join us May 14, 1:00–2:30 PM at First Star Recycling and the home of Solutions Plastic Lumber to see Recycling In Action, where recycling is sorted and sold and the orange bags filled with hard-to-recycle plastics are manufactured into ReClaim™ plastic lumber.

The tour is filling up so don't delay!
Register here: https://www.firststarrecycling.com/tour-schedule

***We are currently looking for retailers, distributors, and wholesale partners interested in carrying sustainable plastic lumber products. If you work for a lumber yard, landscape supply company, building materials supplier, hardware retailer, synthetic turf company, or other business interested in sustainable products, we’d love to connect with you. Send a PM and we'll schedule a private tour.

The Association of Plastic Recyclers

05/07/2026

Thanks to everyone who joined us for yesterday’s Recycling in Action tour at First Star Recycling! ♻️ If you missed the tour, our next tour is scheduled for May 14, 1-2:30pm and you can schedule at www.firststarrecycling.com/tour-schedule

We were excited to welcome the media for a behind-the-scenes look at how recycling really works—from single-stream sorting to selling to markets to transforming hard-to-recycle plastics into ReClaim™ plastic lumber on-site.

Check out the interview and see how innovation, education, and landfill diversion are helping build a more circular economy right here in Nebraska.

The Association of Plastic Recyclers Keep Omaha Beautiful, Inc. Keep Nebraska Beautiful

First Star Recycling is offering free public tours in May to show Omaha neighbors how recyclable materials are sorted and processed at its facility near 102nd and I streets.

05/05/2026

Last call to join the public RECYCLING TOUR TOMORROW, May 6!

Don’t miss your chance to see at First Star Recycling. ♻️

Reserve your spot: https://www.firststarrecycling.com/tour-schedule

🗓 May 6 Tour
🕘 9:00 – 10:30 AM
📍 10330 I Street, Omaha

Get a behind-the-scenes look at how materials move through one of the largest MRFs in the Heartland—from single-stream recycling to our innovative orange bag–to–plastic lumber operation. Plus, you’ll leave with a parting gift made from ReClaim™ lumber!

The Association of Plastic Recyclers Solutions Plastic Lumber Keep Omaha Beautiful, Inc.

05/04/2026

Our CEO, Patrick Leahy applauds Flatwater Free Press for shedding light on the recycling program and the need for improvement. The article is also asking people to continue to reference the Omaha Recycling Guide by Keep Omaha Beautiful, Inc. at https://www.omaharecyclingguide.org/ for guidance to help increase recycling.

At First Star Recycling, we are proud to be part of the solution —helping turn more materials into something useful, including our Solutions Plastic Lumber. ♻️ Come see for yourself at one of our public tours in May: https://www.firststarrecycling.com/tour-schedule

Also remember!! If you don't currently have curbside pickup, you can still recycle and use the orange bag by dropping off at any of these locations: https://www.wasteline.org/recycling-collection-information/recycling-drop-off-locations/

https://flatwaterfreepress.org/omahas-recycling-program-falling-behind-peer-cities/?fbclid=IwY2xjawRgVRhleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAwzNTA2ODU1MzE3MjgAAR4nzwyltv_nm8X98X4O4ab31bjhW-0y6Mxkt5cF6ygxehTAlwJ_SlG3zAKj1A_aem_Xy1mUhcWG3B26N7hwDpvjA

The amount of waste Omaha recycles each year has stagnated, a Flatwater analysis finds.

05/04/2026

Want to see ? There's still time to sign up for a public tour at our Omaha materials recovery facility. You'll receive a cell phone stand made out of our ReClaim™ plastic lumber and have a clearer picture on where your valuables are going. Go to our website to sign up! https://www.firststarrecycling.com/tour-schedule

The Association of Plastic Recyclers Solutions Plastic Lumber Keep Omaha Beautiful, Inc. Hillside Solutions

04/25/2026

Happy Earth Day Omaha from First Star Recycling! 🌎

Want to see where your recycling really goes? Join us for a Recycling in Action tour May 6 or May 14 and get a behind-the-scenes look at how materials are sorted and transformed right here in Omaha. (If you have a large group contact us for a private tour date.)

It’s a great way to better understand the impact of recycling in our community. ♻️

The Association of Plastic Recyclers

04/25/2026

Join us at Lincoln Earth Day today from 10-2! We’re giving away boxes of orange bags (while supplies last) and sharing how you can participate locally. We take the filled orange bags & make Reclaim™ plastic lumber right here in Nebraska!

Lincoln has several convenient drop-off locations—making it easy to recycle more and send less to the landfill. Stop by and learn how it works! ♻️

Solutions Plastic Lumber City of Lincoln Government Lincoln Chamber of Commerce Keep Nebraska Beautiful