# rPlanet Earth closes PET recycling and packaging plant in Vernon, California

rPlanet Earth, a vertically integrated PET recycler and food packaging manufacturer in Vernon, California, has closed. The $100 million plant, opened in 2018, had capacity to manufacture 80 million pounds of packaging annually.

- Type: Closure
- Announced: 2025-09-12
- Where: Vernon, California, United States
- Value: $100.0M
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 80 million pounds of packaging annually
- Products: PET bottles, thermoformed clamshells, cold drink cups
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [rPlanet Earth](https://endata.com/companies/87293.md)

## Sources

- [wastedive.com](https://www.wastedive.com/news/pet-reclaimer-rplanet-earth-closes-california-plastic-markets/760000/), 2025-09-12: "rPlanet Earth, a California-based PET recycler and food and beverage packaging manufacturer, has closed."

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