# CarbonLite to build recycled PET facility in Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania

CarbonLite Industries will build a third facility in the Lehigh Valley area of Pennsylvania to produce food-grade rPET pellets, under a contract with Nestlé Waters North America. The facility is expected to be in full production by early 2020.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-11-19
- Where: Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, United States
- Starts operating: Jan 2020
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 80 million pounds of rPET pellets per year; recycle over 2 billion bottles per year
- Products: food-grade rPET pellets, recycled PET plastic
- Sectors: [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [CarbonLite Industries](https://endata.com/companies/35570.md)
- [Nestlé Waters North America](https://endata.com/companies/1676.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [theshelbyreport.com](https://theshelbyreport.com/2018/11/19/nestle-waters-carbonlite-pa-facility/), 2018-11-19: "We are pleased that CarbonLite will be locating a facility in a region important to our manufacturing footprint."

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