San Pedro Sula PET bottle recycling plant
Sector: Water Supply and Storage • Location: Honduras
Source: World Bank Group
The project entails the construction of a PET bottle recycling plant, located in in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. The project required an investment of US$15 million. Sponsors of the project is Inversiones Materiales (INVEMA). Financial close took place in 2016. The plant is processing 2,000 tonnes/month. In a multi-stage process, the bottles are pre-sorted, size-reduced, washed cold and hot and, aft
- Status
- Prospective
- Sector
- Water Supply and Storage, Biomass, Solar, Seaport, Government, Waste Processing and Treatment
- Location
- Honduras
- Updated
- 22 Jul 2026
- Source
- World Bank Group
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Taiyo last update | 2026-07-22 |
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Description | The project entails the construction of a PET bottle recycling plant, located in in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. The project required an investment of US$15 million. Sponsors of the project is Inversiones Materiales (INVEMA). Financial close took place in 2016. The plant is processing 2,000 tonnes/month. In a multi-stage process, the bottles are pre-sorted, size-reduced, washed cold and hot and, after drying, forwarded to a flake sorting step. After sorting, the PET bottles are size-reduced in two Herbold granulators with a capacity of 1,800 kg/hour. In a second step, a hot washing plant was installed for treating the polyolefine fraction from the recycling process, i.e. the caps and labels of the bottles. After regranulation, the end-product is sold to the local Coca Cola bottle producer. Part of the energy needed for the recycling plant is produced on-site with 3,640 solar panels on the roof of the plant that are generating 1 MWe. Acucomm files |
Original sector | Municipal Solid Waste |
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Country | Honduras |
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Source | World Bank Group |
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Record type | Project |
Sector | Water Supply and Storage, Biomass, Solar, Seaport, Government, Waste Processing and Treatment |
Article published date | 2024-09-20 |
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