Polysmart Packaging opens Nigeria’s largest plastic recycling plant
Polysmart Packaging Limited, one of the pioneers of food grade rPET recycling in Nigeria, opened its landmark $60-million food-grade PET recycling facility, which is also Nigeria’s largest plastic recycling plant.
Polysmart's new food-contact rPET plant in Mowe, Nigeria.
Polysmart commissioned the facility, located in Mowe, Ogun State, on October 29. It is designed to process up to 100,000 tons of post-consumer PET annually, making it Africa’s largest food-grade rPET plant.
The new facility features world-class technologies like Sorema Plastic Recycling System, Tomra Sorting Solution and two units of Erema Vacunite 2621T V-LeaN SSP to process multiple polymer streams
The investment is intended to expand bottle-to-bottle recycling in Nigeria and provide domestic packaging manufacturers with an alternative to imported virgin PET resin.
It will produce high-quality, food-grade rPET resin and flakes which conform with the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) agency regulations, as well as non-food grade HDPE, LDPE, and PP materials.
Polysmart Packaging Limited
Polysmart Packaging Limited focuses on transforming post-consumer plastic waste into high-quality recycled materials and sustainable packaging solutions.
The company currently operates 25 waste aggregation centers across eight Nigerian states and aims to establish another 250 centers nationwide within two years in order to secure enough feedstock for the new facility.
