Plastics Recycling World Expo: North America’s Key Recycling Event
The Plastics Recycling World Expo is a key annual exhibition for the North American plastics recycling industry. It brings together professionals from across the recycling supply chain, including machinery manufacturers, material suppliers, and recyclers, to explore the latest technologies and build business connections.
Key 2026 Event Details
The 2026 North American edition of the Plastics Recycling World Expo is scheduled for November 11–12, 2026, at the Huntington Convention Center in Cleveland, Ohio.
Part of a Co-Located Hub
A defining feature of this event is its co-location with three other leading plastics industry expos, all organized by Applied Market Information (AMI):
- Plastics Extrusion World Expo
- Compounding World Expo
- Polymer Testing World Expo
This format provides attendees with access to innovations and connections across the entire plastics value chain under one roof. In 2025, the co-located event welcomed 5,453 attendees and 352 exhibitors, and for 2026, more than 275 exhibitors were already confirmed as of May, with the free show floor also open to a wider professional audience.
2026 Theme and Program
Powering Plastics: Skills, People and the Future is the special theme for the 2026 event, emphasizing workforce skills, talent development, and knowledge transfer as drivers of innovation and long-term resilience in the plastics industry.
Visitors can register for a free ticket that grants access to all four expos and the four dedicated conference theaters. The conference program features over 100 speakers offering a mix of technical presentations, expert insights, and business-focused discussions on recycling, extrusion, compounding, and polymer testing.
Confirmed Exhibitors (2026)
The show floor hosts a wide range of leading global and regional suppliers. Companies confirmed for 2026 include:
Ampacet, Cabot, Cargill, Clariant, Coperion, CPM, Davis-Standard, Erema, Farrel Pomini, Galata, IMCD, JSW, Kingfa, KraussMaffei, KW Plastics, Lanxess, Maag, Milliken, Netzsch, NGR, Omya, PTi, Struktol, Thermo Fisher, Westlake, and hundreds more technology providers and solution specialists.
European Edition
The Plastics Recycling World Expo also holds a European edition. The 2026 European event is scheduled for September 23–24, 2026.
2027 Outlook
The Plastics Recycling World Expo operates on an annual cycle. While the 2027 dates for the North American edition have not been firmly confirmed, the event is expected to return to Cleveland in November 2027.