ALPLA Joint Venture to Unveil Modern Plastics Recycling Facility

SEATTLE (Scrap Monster): Austria-headquartered ALPLA Group, along with its joint venture partners, will construct a new plastics recycling plant in Targu Mures, Romania. The facility will accept PET collected from household waste, which will be recycled and used in the manufacture of new plastic bottles. The project is likely to generate 15 new jobs in the region.

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The project will see installation of an extrusion line to recycle post-consumer PET bottles, with equal investments from ALPLA, Ecohelp SRL (Romania) and United Polymer Trading AG (Switzerland). The plant aims to produce 15,000 tons of food-grade recycled PET (rPET), which will be used to manufacture performs and plastic bottles. The total investment for the entire project is estimated at around €7.5 million.

ALPLA will be in charge of recycling as well as manufacturing of performs and bottles. Ecohelp will supply base material in the form of PET flakes. Also, UPT will be responsible for trading plastics and recycled material. The partnership will strengthen the local materials cycle within the region.

The joint venture project is subject to regulatory approval by competition authorities. It expects the plant to start production by mid-2022.