02 Feb 2023 --- Alpla Group, together with its joint venture partners Ecohelp and United Polymer Trading (UPT), has opened its first PET recycling plant in Targu Mures, Romania, after nine months of construction and an investment of around €7.5 million (US$8.2 million). The plant will now produce around 18,000 metric tons of recycled material per year from household waste. In the joint undertaking, PET recycling team Targu Mures supplies the Southeast European market with food-grade recycled PET (rPET) and thus promotes the circular economy in the region. “Availability of high-quality rPET is very low in Romania today, which is why we are coming on stream. We want to supply the highest PCR quality for the highest quality products,” Georg Lässer, director of business development, procurement and sales recycling at Alpla, tells PackagingInsights.
