Plastipak expands PET Recycling Capacity in Luxembourg

Luxpet aérienne - (Photo: Plastipak).

Plastipak, a global leader in the design, manufacture and recycling of plastic containers, has completed a major investment to significantly expand its PET recycling capacity at its manufacturing site in Bascharage, Luxembourg.

As the company further communicates, opened the original PET recycling facility in Luxembourg in 2008 and this new expansion increases annual production capacity by 136 percent. The installation and commissioning of the expansion took twelve months and has officially opened.

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The recycling facility is co-located with Plastipak’s flagship preform and container manufacturing facility and converts washed rPET flakes originating from post-consumer bottles into food-grade recycled PET (rPET) pellets.

The rPET produced at the site is converted into new preforms and containers produced at the Bascharage facility, which principally serves the German and Benelux food and beverage markets. The expansion complements Plastipak’s existing recycling facilities in France, UK and USA, and follows the recent announcement of a new recycling facility at its plant in Toledo, Spain.

“This latest investment to increase our capacity in rPET production actively demonstrates Plastipak’s long-term commitment to bottle-to-bottle recycling and our leadership in the PET circular economy”, explained Pedro Martins, Executive Managing Director of Plastipak’s European division. “Plastipak is the leading producer of food-grade rPET in Europe, with the majority of the post-consumer recycled material we use in Europe produced in-house.”

More information: www.plastipak.com

Plastipak, Wrexham, United Kingdom

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