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<p>SAYLORSBURG &#8212; Patrick Kelley, owner of Waste Not Technologies, said he got into the recycling business in the early 1990s because &#8220;everything was junk&#8221; back then.</p><p>Kelley, 71, has built his business over the last 20-plus years, turning recycled plastics into state-of-the art fencing and other products.</p><p>&#8220;I was always interested in the recycling movement,&#8221; Kelley said. &#8220;The early products were terrible quality. I knew we could do much better.&#8221;</p><p>Kelley has two locations: Coolbaugh Township and Saylorsburg.</p><p>On the company&#8217;s website, it states that consumers are increasingly realizing the benefit of replacing traditional landscaping and architectural wood products with plastic-based ones.</p><p>&#8220;Plastic-based products simply last longer, holding up to the elements better and retaining their aesthetic look over a longer period of time,&#8221; the website states. &#8220;We offer products that are made of nearly 100 percent post-consumer recycled plastics derived from HDPE milk jugs and other mixed rigid containers.&#8221;</p><p>Kelley said there are numerous benefits to his products:</p><p>&#8226; No more staining or painting posts.</p><p>&#8226; Use standard woodworking tools to cut and screw into fence posts.</p><p>&#8226; Plastic posts are virtually solid, do not need timber or metal inserts.</p><p>&#8226; Termites and carpenter bees won&#8217;t eat it.</p><p>&#8226; Low maintenance.</p><p>&#8226; Made from 98 percent recycled plastic.</p><p>&#8226; As close to nature as you can get without cutting down trees.</p><p>Kelley said plastic fence is a popular alternative to wooden fence. Although the up front cost of plastic fence causes potential users to pause before purchasing, Kelley said further investigation convinces many of the long term value.</p><p>A major cost is the installation of the fence, and is identical for both plastic fence and wooden fence. After a few years in service, wooden fence begins to rot, particularly at the ground level.</p><p>&#8220;At this time the wooden fence begins to fall apart, and will need to be replaced,&#8221; Kelley said. &#8220;This means that the fence owner has to not only purchase more wooden fence, but also pay again for the installation. This does not occur with plastic fence.&#8221;</p><p>Add to this feature the fact that plastic fence does not have to be painted, and the benefits of plastic fence outweigh the initial cost, Kelley said. For these reasons, plastic fence is referred to as &#8220;low maintenance&#8221; fence. Another feature of plastic fence is its flexibility.</p><p><strong>About Patrick Kelley</strong></p><p>&#8226; Inventor of rustic-looking plastic fencing.</p><p>&#8226; Has a B.S. degree in chemical engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and an MBA from Rutgers University.</p><p>&#8226; His early work experience was with various chemical processing companies. He then spent 16 years with Mobil Chemical Company in the plastics division where he worked mainly on the extrusion of blown film.</p><p>&#8226; In 1992 he left Mobil to start his own plastics processing company. Pat is the managing member of Waste Not Technologies, LLC located in Saylorsburg. The company makes solid recycled plastic posts for use with livestock fencing and sign posts from 98 percent recycled plastic.</p><p>&#8226; Kelley has two patents for plastic products.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Patrick Kelley works on one of his plastic fence posts at Waste Not Technologies. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/web1_Pat-Kelly.jpg</photo0><caption0>Patrick Kelley works on one of his plastic fence posts at Waste Not Technologies. </caption0><photoCredit0>Photo courtesy of Waste Not Technologies </photoCredit0></div></div>
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Waste Not Technologies makes fence posts from recycled plastics