With the aim of boosting the circular economy in the states of south-east Mexico, a cornerstone ceremony was held to mark the start of construction of the new PLANETA recycling plant in the municipality of Cunduacán, in the state of Tabasco. The project is the result of a joint venture between ALPLA, a global leader in the development and production of sustainable plastic packaging solutions and bottle-to-bottle recycling, and Coca-Cola FEMSA, the largest bottler of Coca-Cola products in the world.
With an investment of more than $60 million, the recycling plant Planta Nueva Ecología de Tabasco — better known as PLANETA — will be equipped with the most modern technology available. It will have the capacity to process 50,000 tons of post-consumer PET bottles per year, which will result in 35,000 tons of recycled PET material ready for reuse.