Independently verified by Control Union

Commercial Plastic Recycling Services for CPG, Packaging, and ESG Teams

Ocean Recovery Group is the first U.S.-headquartered company to hold all three Zero Plastic Oceans Ocean-Bound Plastic certifications for collection, recycling, and neutralization. We operate our own processing facility in the Dominican Republic.

100+ yrs

Combined recycling and packaging industry experience through founding partners 4G Recycling and AE Global

First in U.S.

First U.S.-headquartered company certified against all three ZPO Ocean-Bound Plastic standards

La Vega

Our own 26,000 sq ft processing facility in the Dominican Republic — visitable, named, equipped

ZPO + CU

Dual-layer verification: Zero Plastic Oceans standard, audited by Control Union.

Commercial plastic recycling built around the commitments you've already made

We work with three core commercial buyer groups, plus the brand teams that need a long-term operating partner rather than a one-off transaction:

Packaging and CPG brands

Teams sourcing ocean-bound plastic material or plastic credits against a public commitment. You need verified material you can put into packaging — or credits you can defend in front of a board, a journalist, and an auditor. We supply both from the same certified operation, with documentation at every step.

ESG and sustainability teams

You are the team reconciling supplier data against CSRD, CDP, SASB, or internal Scope 3 frameworks. We produce the chain-of-custody documentation that passes third-party assurance because our own operation is the one being audited.

Procurement and sourcing teams

Teams specifying recycled feedstock — PET, HDPE (natural and color), PP, or LDPE. You care about spec consistency, lead time, volume, and traceability. We process material directly at La Vega on dedicated plastics lines and export to the United States, Europe, and Latin America.

Brand program owners

Brand program owners Packaging and sustainability teams that want a named partner for multi-year initiatives, not a spot transaction. ORG can structure long-term programs around verified recovery, recycled material supply, and reporting support.

Most "ocean plastic" suppliers don't touch plastic

This is the part of the sustainability market nobody wants to say out loud: a significant portion of the ocean-bound plastic sold to brands is sold by intermediaries. Certificate brokers. Marketing layers on top of other people's facilities. Companies that have never seen a bale leave a plant.

That works until it does not. A journalist asks where the material was processed. An auditor asks for a chain-of-custody document. An investor asks who the verifier was. A supply disruption hits and there is no backup because the "supplier" was actually a sales layer on top of somebody else's operation.

ORG's position

Ocean Recovery Group is not that supplier. ORG is the operator behind the certificate: named facility, owned process, audited chain of custody, and a commercial team that can put the operation into procurement language.

Criterion

Broker / intermediary

ORG — operator model

Named processing facility

None referenceable

La Vega, Dominican Republic

Chain-of-custody documentation

Relies on upstream supplier

Owned, ZPO & Control Union audited

Supply disruption backstop

No operational leverage

Owned processing — direct control

Procurement document reference

Generic certification ID

Facility address, capacity, auditor

Investor / journalist due diligence

High exposure risk

Site-verifiable, open to walkthroughs

Owned infrastructure

La Vega is referenceable in procurement documents

La Vega, Dominican Republic. 26,000 square feet. Operational since February 2022. Two complete plastics lines with friction washer, shredders, sink tanks, steamers, and pelletizers. A 2-ram Max Pack Baler and seven vertical balers. Processing PET, HDPE (natural and color), PP, LDPE, plus cardboard and paper-grade recyclables. Book a La Vega facility walkthrough →

Why the DR matters

Collection where ocean-bound plastic actually exists

The Dominican Republic is not a symbolic origin story. It is a real recovery environment with meaningful ocean-leakage risk and the operational context required for verified intervention. That is why ORG's recovery model is rooted in named Caribbean infrastructure rather than generic sustainability language. Explore Verified Recovery Projects →

Joint venture operating base — Ocean Recovery Group was formed in January 2022 by 4G Recycling and AE Global, bringing more than a century of combined recycling and packaging industry experience.

Experienced leadership — ORG's commercial and ESG leadership comes from senior backgrounds in paper, recycling, certification, carbon markets, and UN-framework climate projects. See About ORG →

Commercial resilience — Owned processing, documented origin, and operator-level visibility reduce the risk that comes with broker-only supply relationships.

Verified by the people who audit the auditors

There are certifications that signal real operational rigor, and there are certifications you can buy in an afternoon. Ocean Recovery Group holds the former.

ZPO

Zero Plastic Oceans Ocean-Bound Plastic Recovery Certification

ORG is the first U.S.-headquartered company to achieve ZPO certification across all three value chains: collection, recycling, and neutralization. That requires independent proof that ocean-bound plastic is collected ethically, managed correctly, traced through the process, and handled properly when the material is not commercially recyclable.

See ZPO verification

Control Union

Independent third-party verification

Control Union served as the auditor for ORG's ZPO certification process and remains the third-party verification layer your ESG team will want to see in disclosures, diligence files, and reporting frameworks.

See our full certifications page

ZPO is the standard. Control Union is the auditor. That is the structure procurement and sustainability teams should be asking every ocean-plastic supplier to produce.

Built for the procurement conversation and the sustainability report

For every commercial engagement, Ocean Recovery Group provides the assets buyers actually need to move a project forward internally.

A named point of origin

Your material — or the material backing your plastic credits — is processed at a specific facility we own and operate. That gives your procurement and disclosure teams a named operating reference rather than a vague program claim.

Certified chain of custody

Every step from collection to export is documented against the ZPO standard and audited by Control Union, supporting the files your sustainability and compliance teams will request.

Social impact documentation

As a social-business enterprise, ORG commits 10% of net profits to community development in the Dominican Republic, including work with Mission International Rescue Charities for youth sports programming and documented labor criteria for waste collectors.

Material flexibility

Recycled material including PET, HDPE, PP, and LDPE in baled or ground form, sold into the United States, Europe, and Latin America. Food-grade processing capability is in development and should be confirmed before sales use.

Plastic credits when reformulation is not ready

For brands unable to reformulate packaging immediately but still committed to verified plastic action, ORG can support plastic credit pathways backed by the same operating environment.

U.S.-headquartered commercial relationship

Ocean Recovery Group is headquartered in Florida with processing operations in the Dominican Republic, giving buyers a U.S.-based commercial counterpart and Caribbean operating infrastructure.

Built for the procurement conversation and the sustainability report

For every commercial engagement, Ocean Recovery Group provides the assets buyers actually need to move a project forward internally.

A named point of origin

Certified chain of custody

Every step from collection to export is documented against the ZPO standard and audited by Control Union, supporting the files your sustainability and compliance teams will request.

Social impact documentation

Material flexibility

Plastic credits when reformulation is not ready

For brands unable to reformulate packaging immediately but still committed to verified plastic action, ORG can support plastic credit pathways backed by the same operating environment.

U.S.-headquartered commercial relationship

Ocean Recovery Group is headquartered in Florida with processing operations in the Dominican Republic, giving buyers a U.S.-based commercial counterpart and Caribbean operating infrastructure.

Section 5 — Service lines

Four service lines under Recycling for Business

These are the cluster pages this pillar pushes authority into. Each one holds its own commercial intent and links back up to this page contextually.

Cluster 01

Commercial Plastic Recycling

Full-service recycling collection and processing for businesses with plastic waste streams. Built for procurement and operations teams evaluating vendors against volume, spec, and traceability requirements.

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Cluster 02

Ocean-Bound Plastic Collection

Dedicated collection and processing of ocean-bound plastic within the ZPO-defined coastal zone. For packaging brands specifying OBP in product design and public commitments.

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Cluster 03

Brand Recycling Programs

Multi-year partnership programs for CPG and packaging brands building named sustainability initiatives around verified recovery, material supply, and white-glove reporting.

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Cluster 04

ESG Reporting & Documentation

Chain-of-custody documentation, verification files, and reporting support built around ZPO and Control Union audits for CSRD, CDP, SASB, and Scope 3 plastic reporting.

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