ALPLA Mexico Group is building a plant to recycle high-density polyethylene (HDPE). The plan is to produce 10,000,000,000 tons of post-consumer recycled material annually. APLA acquires property in Toluca, the capital of the state of Mexico in central Mexico. The state-of-the-art recycling plant is scheduled for 2020 Construction begins in the fall of 2021, with construction starting in the fall of 2021 and commissioning later this year. The investment of approximately €15 million will create 65 jobs. This company will be ALPLA Operated by a 100% owned subsidiary, the plant will have a production capacity of 15,000 tons per year. HDPE It is a recycled material used in non-food applications such as personal care packaging solutions and household cleaning products. The target markets are mainly Mexico, nearby Central American countries and the United States. With this investment, ALPLA is advancing the global goals of the New Plastics Economy, an initiative of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. Second, like recycling executive Georg, the Lsser family business adheres to a local strategy. “For many years, ALLPLA we have demonstrated forward-looking action in recycling: “We invest in areas where there is a demand for recycling. In the process, we add value to waste plastics and become an example of how to realize a circular economy. This will help us to create demand among collection companies and support the development of the necessary infrastructure. Carlos Torres, Country Manager for Mexico, adds that in 2005, ALPLA Mxico, Coca-The joint venture IMER (Industria Mexicana de Reciclaje) began operations. Over the past 15 years, the partners have worked together to create an infrastructure for the collection and recycling of approximately 15,000 post-consumer tons of PET food-grade recycled materials. In November 2019, we announced our first step into HDPE recycling with the acquisition of two recycling plants in Spain.