Plastic packaging company ALPLA and Coca-Cola bottler Coca-Cola FEMSA recently announced the start of construction of a PET recycling plant in Mexico to expand their rPET capacity in North America. Add up to 110 million pounds of RPET.
The $60 million PLANETA recycling plant will have "the world's most advanced technology," with the capacity to process 50,000 metric tons of post-consumer PET bottles annually and produce 35,000 tons of rPET, or about 77 million pounds.
The construction and operation of the new plant will also provide 20,000 direct and indirect jobs, boosting growth and employment in southeastern Mexico.
Coca-Cola FEMSA is part of The Coca-Cola Company's Waste-Free World initiative, which aims to make all company packaging 100% recyclable by 2025, integrate 50% rPET resin into bottles and collect 100% package of by 2030.
