CRDC Global is a building materials innovator that transforms hard-to-recycle plastics into RESIN8™. This growing line of lightweight synthetic aggregates, additives, and admixtures makes it easy and affordable for concrete and asphalt manufacturers to enrich their products with low-carbon recycled content that improves both sustainability and materials performance.

Boasting an impressive 90% recycled content by volume, RESIN8™ aggregates and admixtures improve the weight, durability, carbon footprint, and energy efficiency of structural and architectural concrete elements. As an asphalt additive, RESIN8™ extends the lifespan of asphalt pavements.

A scalable modular footprint and Zero Plastic Waste design allows RESIN8™ plants to operate virtually anywhere with plastic waste, and to process 100% of plastic resin types into RESIN8™. All plastics, including non-recyclable mixed plastic waste, PVC, and degraded beach and ocean plastics, are eligible for fast & efficient conversion at scale.

Founded in 2018, CRDC Global is the flagship commercial implementation of REAP (Recover – Enrich – Appreciate – Prosper), the regenerative Zero Waste business framework of the Center for Regenerative Design and Collaboration (CRDC) in Costa Rica. REAP was recognized as a People’s Choice Finalist for the World Economic Forum Circularity Award in 2016.

Today, CRDC subsidiaries manufacture RESIN8™ at industrial scale in Costa Rica, the United States, South Africa, and Australia. Joint venture partnerships are in development for additional locations throughout North America, Latin America, and Asia/Pacific.

The company’s broad roster of waste management, construction, and international humanitarian partners include Habitat for Humanity, the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Environmental Programme, and The Alliance to End Plastic Waste.