National Plastics Industries

National Plastics Industries is tucked away in Sector 9, G-23. It’s a pretty standard industrial block where everyone is doing their own thing. If you come by, you’ll probably hear the machines running before you even see the building. We make all sorts of plastic bits and pieces here. The smell of melting plastic is something you just get used to after working here for a week or two. It’s pretty hot near the molds, so we keep a lot of fans running, but they mostly just move the warm air around the room. The floor is concrete and usually has a few stray plastic pellets bouncing around that never seem to get swept up. We spend a lot of hours just watching the cycles and making sure nothing gets stuck in the press. It’s not a glamorous job, but we've been doing it a long time. The break room is just a couple of plastic chairs and a kettle in the corner of the office. We get our supplies delivered through the back gate which can be a real pain to open sometimes because the hinge is rusted. Sector 9 is always full of big trucks, so getting in and out takes a lot of patience. We just focus on getting the crates filled and stacked high. Sometimes the power cuts out and everything goes quiet for a bit, which is actually kind of nice. It's just a regular factory job.