Indorama Ventures Significantly Increases PET Recycling Capacity in Brazil

Plastics Indorama Ventures Significantly Increases PET Recycling Capacity in Brazil

2023-08-09 Source: Press release Indorama Ventures 2 min Reading Time

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With the support of a blue loan from the International Finance Corporation, Indorama Ventures has completed the expansion of its recycling facility in Brazil which has helped the company to increase its PET production capacity from 9 thousand tons to 25 thousand tons annually.

Indorama Ventures' recycling plant in Brazil. (Source; Indorama Ventures) — Indorama Ventures' recycling plant in Brazil.
(Source; Indorama Ventures)

Bangkok/Thailand – Indorama Ventures Public Company has recently announced the completion of the expansion of its recycling facility in Brazil, supported by a ‘Blue Loan’ from the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank.

The recycling facility, located in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil, is increasing its production capacity from 9 thousand tons to 25 thousand tons per year of PET made from post-consumer recycled (PET-PCR) material. The project is part of Indorama Ventures’ Vision 2030 ambition to continue building a sustainable global company, including spending 1.5 billion dollars to increase its recycling capacity to 50 billion PET bottles per year by 2025.

PET is a unique and widely used plastic for water and soda bottles and the most recycled plastic in the world. Indorama Ventures has invested 20 million dollars to optimize its Brazil facility’s processes and acquire new equipment such as washing machines to help remove labels, grind bottles in water and reduce water consumption by 70 %.

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In November 2020, the IFC provided 300 million dollars in Blue Loan funding to Indorama Ventures with the objective of increasing recycling capacity and diverting plastic waste from landfills and oceans in Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, India, and Brazil—countries which are grappling with mismanaged waste and serious plastic waste in the environment. Blue Loan funds are certified and tracked for projects that support sustainable use of ocean resources for economic growth, improved livelihoods and jobs, and ocean ecosystem health. Indorama Ventures has secured a total 2.4 billion dollars in long-term sustainable financing from various financial institutions between 2018–2022 to support sustainability projects.

DK Agarwal, Deputy Group CEO of Indorama Ventures, said, “It is extremely gratifying to leverage the IFC’s generous funding to invest in important projects that build on Indorama Ventures’ industry leadership in sustainability. We are grateful to IFC for this blue loan reinforcing Brazil’s importance as a leader in sustainability, and which also recognize the excellence and potential of our recycling operations.”

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