Plastipak Packaging, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Plastipak Holding, announced that the company has broken ground for the expansion of its plastic recycling plant in Dundee, Michigan. The extension includes deployment of additional enhanced plastic recycling processing technology at the Clean Tech site.
The project enhances the availability of highly pure recycled PCR PET plastic resin for the company’s clients in the consumer product industry. Plastipak Packaging anticipates to recycle nearly 5 billion plastic bottles in 2011and the current expansion project supports the company to achieve its goal to recycle 10 billion plastic containers before 2016.
Plastipak Packaging is a designer and manufacturer of high-quality, rigid plastic containers and serves consumer products, food and beverage industries. The Clean Tech recycling facility was opened in 1988 and is a specialist in the recycling of bottle grade PET and HDPE plastic resins.
The expansion offers benefits to Plastipak Packaging, the environment and the community. Plastipak Packaging gains from the added production capability of ultraclean plastic resin, as its customers look for packaging with highly recycled content. The expansion provides environmental benefits by enabling the company to recycle plastic preventing it from ending up in landfills. It decreases total energy consumption and carbon emission. The community benefits are employment opportunities and additional investment on local and other recycling programs.
Source: http://www.plastipak.com/