A cornerstone ceremony was held to mark the start of construction of the new PLANETA recycling plant in the municipality of Cunduacán in the State of Tabasco, aimed to boost the economy in the states of south-east Mexico
The project is the result of a joint venture between ALPLA, a global leader in the development and production of sustainable plastic packaging solutions and bottle-to-bottle recycling, and Coca-Cola FEMSA, the largest bottler of Coca-Cola products in the world.
With an investment of more than 60 million dollars, the recycling plant Planta Nueva Ecología de Tabasco – better known as PLANETA – will be equipped with the most modern technology available worldwide. It will have the capacity to process 50,000 tonnes of post-consumer PET bottles per year, which will result in 35,000 tonnes of recycled PET material ready for reuse.
The cornerstone ceremony was led by Guillermo Arturo del Rivero León, secretary of the government of Tabasco, and was attended by renowned figures such as Carlos Torres Ballesteros, ALPLA managing director for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean; John Santa Maria, chief executive officer of Coca-Cola FEMSA; Abraham Cano, mayor of Cunduacán; and José Friedrich García Mallitz, secretary for the economic development and competitiveness of Tabasco. For more visit alpla.com
