Republic Services and Blue Polymers Plans for Construction of Advanced Plastics Recycling Facility in Indianapolis

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Name:

Republic Services and Blue Polymers Plans for Construction of Advanced Plastics Recycling Facility in Indianapolis

Location:

Indianapolis

Company:

Republic Services & Blue Polymers Plans

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Source:

https://media.republicservices.com/

Introduction:

Republic Services, Inc. and Blue Polymers, LLC broke ground in Indianapolis on the nation's first innovative plastics recycling complex in Indianapolis.

Features:

This plastics recycling complex will house a Republic Services Polymer Center and Blue Polymers advanced polymer production facility to advance plastics circularity and supply recycled materials for use in sustainable packaging and other applications.

Both facilities are expected to open in late 2024.

Republic Services' Polymer Centers represent the first time a single U.S. company will manage the plastics stream through an integrated process from curbside collection of recycled material to production of high-quality recycled content for use in sustainable consumer packaging. The first Polymer Center is opening in Las Vegas later this year; the Indianapolis site will be the second Polymer Center, which the company had previously identified as being in the Midwest.

Demand is increasing for high-quality, domestically sourced recycled plastic as more companies commit to using recycled content in packaging. The Polymer Center and Blue Polymers facilities will support true package-to-package circularity, allowing, for example, an orange detergent jug to be recycled into a new orange detergent jug.

The Indianapolis recycling complex will include two buildings totaling approximately 286,000 square feet and create an estimated 125 permanent, highly skilled local jobs. Republic Services and Blue Polymers selected Lauth Group, Inc. for development and construction of the project.