revalyu Resources Breaks Ground on its First PET Recycling Facility in the United States
Leaders from revalyu Resources, Heraeus Group and the Development Authority of Bulloch County joined state and local officials to celebrate revalyu breaking ground on their first (polyethylene terephthalate (PET)recycling facility in America located at Gateway Regional Park in Statesboro, Ga. The company is investing over $200 million to build a plant capable of recycling a year of 200 million lbs. (90,000 metric tons) of post-consumer PET plastic.
Customer applications have shown that the quality of recycled PET from plastic bottles is equivalent to virgin PET and can be used as a direct replacement. Once converted into high-quality recycled PET, revalyu’s rPET chips can produce any kind of sustainable PET product. It is mostly used in the textile industry for applications such as seamless knitting, weaving, denim, automotive, furniture or technical textiles.