# CarbonLITE to build third rPET recycling facility in Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania

CarbonLITE plans a new 200,000-square-foot rPET processing facility in the Lehigh Valley area of Pennsylvania, expected to be in full production by early 2020. It is expected to produce 80 million pounds per year of food-grade rPET pellets.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-11-15
- Where: Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, United States
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 80 million pounds per year of food-grade rPET pellets; recycles over 2 billion bottles a year
- Products: food-grade rPET pellets
- Sectors: [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [CarbonLITE](https://endata.com/companies/4196.md)

## Sources

- [prnewswire.com](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/nestle-waters-north-america-signs-agreement-with-recycled-pet-supplier-carbonlite-as-they-build-new-facility-in-lehigh-valley-300751444.html), 2018-11-15: "The new 200,000-square-foot processing facility is anticipated to save 60,000 tons of carbon annually"

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