South Africa’s first B2B PET recycling plant operates with Starlinger technology

Extrupet, the biggest PET bottle recycler in South Africa, uses Starlinger iV+ technology to produce PhoenixPET, an rPET brand approved for Coca-Cola products. 

The new bottle-to-bottle recycling equipment was officially inaugurated on May 11th, 2015, in Extrupet’s Wadeville plant in Johannesburg and produces recycled resin suitable for food-contact PET packaging and the carbonated drink sector. The recycled PET (rPET) is sold under Extrupet’s brand name PhoenixPET. The plant is the first in South Africa to use Coca-Cola-approved technology to produce bottles for carbonated soft drinks, making the country the first one on the continent to use recycled PET for Coca-Cola products. The 3000 m² PhoenixPET plant is equipped with recycling machinery supplied by Starlinger recycling technology.