# PureCycle breaks ground on $120M polypropylene recycling plant in Ohio with P&G technology

PureCycle, licensed Procter & Gamble's polypropylene recycling technology, began a $120 million facility in Ohio on July 20, 2017, with a feedstock evaluation unit planned for January 2018 and a full-scale plant in 2020.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2017-07-20
- Where: Ohio, United States
- Value: $120.0M
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: Up to 100 million pounds of plastic per year; 80 million pounds of finished product
- Products: recycled polypropylene
- Sectors: [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [PureCycle](https://endata.com/companies/1814.md)
- [Procter & Gamble](https://endata.com/companies/1815.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [wastedive.com](https://www.wastedive.com/news/procter-gamble-launches-new-polypropylene-venture-with-purecycle/447653/), 2017-07-24: "Procter & Gamble has licensed a polypropylene recycling technology to PureCycle and teamed up with the firm for a new $120 million facility in Ohio"

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