Minnesota Plastic Film Recycling Plant to Increase Production Through 2024

A new Rogers, Mn. plastic film recycling facility plans to recycle up to 90 million pounds of plastic wrap and plastic film products yearly.

The facility opened in August with only one of its two production lines open. Over the next 18 months, additional lines that are focused on recycling flexible plastic film will be added, according to CEO Andrew Pieterse.

“That’s by far the biggest problem,” said Pieterse. “If you’ve seen the statistics, that’s the plastic that gets the lowest recycling rate in the country. Only about five percent of 15 billion pounds of film is recycled. And that’s why we are focusing on solving a problem that’s not really being solved by others.”

The Rogers facility is the first plant in the U.S. built by South African company, Myplas. Pieterse picked Minnesota because he said there’s a large gap in plastic recycling in the Midwest.

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