Blue Polymers, a joint venture between compounder Ravago and material recovery facility (MRF) operator Republic Services, has opened its first recycled resin plant in Indianapolis.
In February, Republic Services finished construction on a secondary sortation plant which adjoins the Blue Polymers building.
The Indianapolis, Indiana, plant is expected to produce more than 175mn lb/year of recycled plastic, including food-grade rHDPE, rPP and rPET for use in packaging.
HDPE and PP recycled feedstocks will be color-sorted at Republic Services' sortation plant and then sent to Blue Polymers to be compounded and pelletized.
Blue Polymers' second recycling plant in Buckeye, Arizona, is still under construction, and a third plant in the US northeast is planned as well. Both will be accompanied by sortation plants operated by Republic Services.
