The output is produced from over 46,000 tonnes of post-consumer PET – the equivalent of saving around 1.5bn PET bottles from the waste stream.
This latest investment underlines the company’s leadership in the market and also the increasing demand for recycled materials in the food and drink industries.
The additional 10,000 tonnes in output has been made possible by the installation of a new wash line, the largest single washing line in Europe, and an additional extruder, bringing the number at the plant to four, which takes the washed flakes and, ensuring they’re free from organic impurities, turns them into recycled pellets.
APPE’s recycling plant at Beaune collects post-consumer PET from across Europe, with the majority (65%) originating from France, 15% from Belgium, 10% from Germany and 7% from Italy.
Source: APPE
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