Through the acquisition of the facility, Niagara plans to enhance its recycling capabilities by sorting, cleaning, and reprocessing PET materials into high-quality recycled (rPET) flakes and pellets. These materials will then be used to manufacture packaging for Niagara products, further reducing reliance on virgin plastics and advancing towards more circularity.
"We're proud to bring this facility back to life and become one of the few companies in the country with a true bottle-to-bottle process," said Rali Sanderson, President of Niagara Bottling. "As part of this work, we're investing in new equipment so we can turn recyclable plastic materials into new bottles, right here in California. This restores a vital recycling operation for the community, making sure even more plastic containers are recycled and get a second life."
The rPlanet Earth facility is a state-of-the-art recycling facility that processes B-bales, which come from curbside mixed recycling bins. B-bales are a mix of materials that are more complicated and difficult to process. This capability is critical at a time when PET surpassed aluminum as the most recycled material in California last year. It will also provide domestic circularity in California for Niagara and its customers.
