POWER OF ATTORNEY

       Know all by these presents, that the undersigned, an executive officer or
director of Myers Industries, Inc., an Ohio corporation, hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Andrean R. Horton, J. Bret Treier, Aaron S. Berke, and Sarah
D'Amore, or any of them acting singly, as his or her true and lawful attorneys-
in-fact to:


       (1)     execute for and on behalf of the undersigned Forms 3, 4 and 5
               with respect to the securities of the Company beneficially owned
               by the undersigned in accordance with Section 16(a) of the
               Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"),
               and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the
               Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC");


       (2)     do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
               undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and
               execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5, complete and execute any
               amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file each such Form
               3, 4 or 5, or amendment thereto, with the SEC and any stock
               exchange or similar authority; and


       (3)     take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with
               the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may
               be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required
               by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents
               executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned
               pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and
               shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact
               may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.


       The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights
and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or resubstitution, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the
rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.


       This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
above-named attorneys-in-fact.


      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of this       day of November, 2018.


                                               /s/ Matteo Anversa
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                                                 Matteo Anversa
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