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PureCycle to build new recycling facility in Augusta, Georgia

Innovative maker of recycled polypropylene will expand with first cluster facility

Brand Provided | By Purecycle Technologies | Published 4 years ago | About a 1 minute read

PureCycle Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: PCT) has reached an agreement with The Augusta Economic Development Authority to build its first U.S. cluster facility to produce ultra-pure recycled polypropylene (rPP) from waste polypropylene (PP). The 200-acre location in Augusta Corporate Park will create over 80 manufacturing jobs with an initial $440 million investment to primarily fund three lines of 130mm pounds of capacity during Phase 1 of the project. Augusta-Richmond County was selected based on feed and product delivery supply-chain efficiencies, community support, a skilled labor market, and Georgia's business-friendly environment.

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