# Plastipak and BioteCH4 partner to power PET recycling plant with biogas electricity

Plastipak has teamed up with anaerobic digestion operator BioteCH4 in Hemswell, Lincolnshire, so that electricity generated by BioteCH4 is connected directly to Plastipak's Clean Tech PET recycling plant next door.

- Type: Partnership
- Announced: 2021-06-16
- Where: Hemswell, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 80,000 tonnes of PET per year recycled
- Products: recycled PET resin, biogas-generated electricity
- Sectors: [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md), [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

- [Clean Tech](https://endata.com/companies/8094.md)
- [Plastipak Packaging](https://endata.com/companies/248.md) (partner)
- [BioteCH4](https://endata.com/companies/8093.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [plastipak.com](https://www.plastipak.com/plastipaks-clean-tech-and-biotech4-form-unique-partnership-to-power-recycling-operation/), 2021-06-16: "Plastipak, a leading rigid plastic packaging producer and recycler, has teamed up with anaerobic digestion (AD) operator BioteCH4 to deliver a low carbon solution to power its Clean Tech PET recycling plant."

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