# Bulk Handling Systems to supply sorting system for CarbonLITE PET recycling plant in Pennsylvania

Bulk Handling Systems was selected to provide a plastics sorting system with robots and AI for CarbonLITE's new PET recycling plant in Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, designed to handle 14 tons per hour and produce up to 80 million pounds of RPET pellets per year.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2019-02-06
- Where: Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, United States
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 14 tons per hour sorting, 80 million pounds per year RPET pellets
- Products: PET recycling sorting system, robotic sorting units, RPET pellets
- Sectors: [Material Handling](https://endata.com/sectors/material-handling.md), [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md)

## Companies

- [CarbonLITE](https://endata.com/companies/4196.md) (customer)
- [Bulk Handling Systems](https://endata.com/companies/18939.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [resource-recycling.com](https://resource-recycling.com/plastics/2019/02/06/carbonlite-facility-to-install-tech-heavy-sorting-system/), 2019-02-06: "Equipment installation is scheduled to conclude during the fourth quarter of 2019, and the plant is expected to be fully operational next year"

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