# Republic Services and Blue Polymers open plastics recycling complex in Indianapolis

Republic Services and Blue Polymers opened the first Polymer Center and Blue Polymers plastics recycling complex in Indianapolis, designed to produce over 175 million pounds of recycled plastics annually for food-grade packaging and other uses.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2025-03-01
- Where: Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
- Value: $87.5M
- Jobs: 125
- Starts operating: 18 Mar 2025
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 175 million pounds per year
- Products: recycled PET flake, recycled HDPE, recycled polypropylene
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

- [Republic Services](https://endata.com/companies/11452.md)
- [Ravago Group](https://endata.com/companies/10088.md) (partner)
- [Blue Polymers](https://endata.com/companies/71736.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [investor.republicservices.com](https://investor.republicservices.com/news-releases/news-release-details/republic-services-blue-polymers-celebrate-opening-indianapolis), 2025-03-18: "Republic Services and Blue Polymers opened North America's first Polymer Center-Blue Polymers complex."
- [wastedive.com](https://www.wastedive.com/news/republic-polymer-center-blue-polymers-indianapolis/742981/), 2025-03-19: "Republic Services has opened a 300,000-square-foot plastic processing complex in Indianapolis."
- [materialsindustry.com](https://materialsindustry.com/republic-opens-indianapolis-plastics-complex-to-meet-recycled-content-demand/), 2025-03-20: "The location has the company’s second polymer center and a Blue Polymers facility."
- [packworld.com](https://www.packworld.com/sustainable-packaging/recycling/article/22937550/republics-polymer-centerblue-polymers-complex-opens-in-indianapolis), 2025-04-01: "The opening of the first Polymer Center–Blue Polymers complex is a significant milestone in advancing circularity for plastic packaging in Indiana and across the region."

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