rPET InWaste, s.r.o.: enabling PET 'bottle to bottle' recycling
rPET InWaste produces food-grade recycled PET (rPET) regranulate. Through advanced mechanical recycling, this regranulate is made from PET flakes produced by processing post-consumer PET beverage bottles. This enables a true closed-loop "bottle-to-bottle" recycling system, reducing the need for virgin fossil-based plastics while keeping valuable resources in continuous circulation.
The company buys PET flakes of European origin with full traceability, transparent documentation and strict process control to ensure the safety and quality of recycled materials. Its production complies with European food-contact requirements and helps packaging manufacturers meet EU recycled-content obligations under legislation such as the Single-Use Plastics Directive and the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation.
rPET InWaste also promotes awareness of the circular economy by explaining the environmental advantages of high-quality PET recycling over the traditional linear economy. The company highlights how repeated bottle-to-bottle recycling ("upcycling") conserves natural resources, reduces energy consumption and minimises waste generation compared with producing virgin PET.
Through its emphasis on quality, transparency and sustainable material cycles, InWaste demonstrates the practical implementation of circular economy principles within the European plastics and packaging value chain, supporting a more resource-efficient and climate-friendly manufacturing system.
- rPET InWaste operates a state-of-the-art mechanical recycling facility with a production capacity of up to 2 tonnes of food-grade rPET per hour, equivalent to 16 000 tonnes per year.
- rPET InWaste produces recycled PET granulate that can be used at up to 100% recycled content for manufacturing food-contact packaging, including beverage bottles.