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Blue Polymers breaks ground on new western US facility


Joint venture company Blue Polymers has broken ground on its new polyole- fins recycling facility in Buckeye, Arizona, which it says will help meet growing demand for sustainable packaging throughout the western USA. The 162,000 sq ft (49,300 m²) facility is expected to create more than 60 permanent jobs when it opens in the second half of 2025. It will specialise in recycling PE commonly used in milk jugs and laundry detergent bottles, and PP used in food packaging such as marga- rine tubs and yogurt cups. Phoenix-based Republic


Services, a joint venture partner in Blue Polymers, is developing a network of regional recycling facilities which produce high-quality, colour-sorted recycled plastics directly from national curbside collection operations. A network of four regional facilities is being planned. Each Republic Services


Polymer Centre will be paired with a Blue Polymers facility, with the Buckeye facility processing materials from Republic’s Las Vegas Polymer Centre which opened last year. “Blue Polymers was


created to meet the need for high-quality recycled plastics for use in consumer packag- ing and other applications,” said Tim Oudman, Senior Vice President of Sustainabil- ity Innovation at Republic


www.plasticsrecyclingworld.com


Services and a member of Blue Polymers’ board of directors. Ravago is the other


partner in the Blue Polymers joint venture. � https://bluepolymers.com � www.republicservices.com


IMAGE: BLUE POLYMERS Plastics Recycling World, 144 x 196 mm, Recycling Sol., CC-en53-AZ072 07/24


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