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Aug 06, 2023Singapore’s CPC opens PET bottle recycling plant in Vietnam | Sustainable Plastics
Jun 13, 2025The plant features PET recycling equipment from Starlinger
Circular Plastics Company (CPC), a Singapore-based plastics recycler, has started operations at its new PET bottle recycling plant in Vietnam.
Located in the Chau Duc Industrial Park in Ba Ria, a coast city in Southeast Vietnam, the plant has an initial annual capacity of 30,000 tonnes of flakes and 14,000 tonnes of food-grade rPET flakes. CPC plans to double the plant’s capacity in a second construction phase.
The recycling plant sources all its feedstock from Vietnam, CPC’s CEO Steven Granot told Sustainable Plastics. The food-grade recycled PET will then make its way to Europe, the United Kingdom, and the United States, as well as the domestic market.
The plant, which started construction in August 2024, features state-of-the-art equipment from Italian, French, Norwegian, and Austrian machinery manufacturers. The wash plant was developed by Sorema with Pellenc bottle sorters and Tomra flake sorters. The recycling line was manufactured by Starlinger.
“This factory is more than just an expansion — it’s a statement about our vision for a circular future in Asia,” Steven Granot told Sustainable Plastics. “We are proud to bring together best-in-class technology and deep process expertise to support regional sustainability goals and deliver certified food-grade rPET at scale.”
CPC also has operations in Myanmar, where it operates the country’s only PET bottle recycling facility.
Vietnam’s plastic recycling rate stood at around 33% as of 2019, with PET leading the charge. The Southeast Asian country remains one of the world’s top destinations for imported plastic waste. European plastics recyclers, in turn, are struggling to compete in price with recyclate exports from Vietnam and other Asian countries.
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