Collaboration between automakers, suppliers and U.S. EPA. aims to advance sustainability through automotive supply chain.

New Jersey-based TerraCycle is joining the Suppliers Partnership for the Environment (SP), Washington, an association of automakers, their suppliers and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that works to implement programs that advance environmental sustainability. TerraCycle, a recycling company that recycles “hard-to-recycle” materials through innovative programs, will be joining SP at the organization’s second quarter meeting April 23-24 in Indianapolis, Indiana. “We’re proud to welcome TerraCycle to the Supplier Partnership,” SP Program Director Kellen Mahoney remarks. “TerraCycle is a business with an earth-friendly mission that dovetails nicely with the Suppliers Partnership’s sustainability initiatives. We look forward to working with TerraCycle to find new innovative ways to further preserve our natural resources.” SP was established with the purpose of advancing environmental sustainability through the automotive supply chain, according to a press release. SP functions as a global forum to “meet and address focus issues,” which includes sharing leading sustainability practices and developing environmental technologies and programs to reduce environmental impacts and promote sustainability. In addition, identifying ways to reduce waste, promote reuse and maximize recycling. SP says membership helps companies achieve both economic and environmental goals. Through SP’s collaboration with the EPA, members are “provided with topics for special projects, information, approaches and tools to realize common environmental objectives.” The organization recently participated in the EPA's G7 Alliance on Resource Efficiency, a workshop on the use of life cycle concepts in supply chain management. SP says the association aims to “continually identify new, innovative and more environmentally sustainable ways to enhance the competitiveness of the automobile industry through the global supply chain.”