Tersis Technologies, a clean technology company focused on transforming waste streams into valuable resources, has appointed plastics recycling veteran Paul Vanderpool as Strategic Advisor to PolyCycle, the company’s plastics recycling and remanufacturing division.
Vanderpool brings more than 50 years of experience in plastics processing, recycling systems, equipment engineering, manufacturing, and facility development. His appointment expands PolyCycle’s technical leadership as Tersis advances integrated solutions for plastics recovery, remanufacturing, and circular manufacturing that complement the company’s SynGenic V3 resource recovery platform.
Vanderpool began his career in the plastics industry in 1972 in laboratory quality control and manufacturing operations involving PVC, polyethylene, and compounded plastic materials. He later supervised profile and sheet extrusion operations before moving into equipment engineering, manufacturing management, and plastics recycling system design. As founder of Plastics Recyclers of New York, he designed and built machinery for cleaning and processing post-industrial plastics. Since 1990, he has led Green Pellet Technologies, operating as American Cierra Plastics and American Cierra Equipment, designing and implementing plastics recycling systems across the United States and international markets.
As Strategic Advisor to PolyCycle, Vanderpool will provide technical guidance on recycling system design, process engineering, equipment selection, plant layout, material flow optimization, production planning, and facility commissioning. He will also help evaluate post-industrial plastics, manufacturing residuals, and off-specification materials to identify effective recycling and remanufacturing strategies, and will support the development of customer-specific closed-loop recycling programs.
His appointment also supports the SynGenic V3 platform by helping determine which plastic materials are best suited for mechanical recycling and remanufacturing, while identifying residual materials that may require alternative resource recovery pathways.
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“Paul has spent more than five decades solving the engineering and operational challenges that define successful plastics recycling. His practical experience, from designing equipment and building recycling facilities to developing commercially viable manufacturing processes, brings tremendous value to PolyCycle.”
Antonio Uccello, CEO, Tersis Technologies
“Plastics recycling works when the engineering matches the material. I’ve watched a lot of projects struggle because equipment was selected before anyone really understood the feedstock. What interests me about PolyCycle is that Tersis is building the material side and the recovery side together, so when a stream can’t be cleaned and pelletized into a product a customer will actually buy, there is still a pathway for it instead of a landfill bill.”
Paul Vanderpool, Strategic Advisor, PolyCycle
