In 1981, KW Plastics was built in Troy, AL to recycle PP battery casings and expanded to Bakersfield, CA in 1986. KW Plastics Recycling Division opened in 1992 to recycle post-consumer HDPE. In 1998, the owners began producing a plastic/metal hybrid paint container and established KW Container. The product line expanded to include all-plastic, injection molded, 100% recycled and 100% recyclable paint containers. Today, KW Plastics is the world’s largest plastics recycler and KW Container is the world’s largest supplier of all-plastic, one-gallon containers to the paint and coatings industry.