Under a joint venture partnership called Blue Polymers LLC, waste management firm Republic Services and plastics maker Ravago plan to build a 165KSF recycled products production facility in Merit Partners’ Buckeye Industrial Park. The company paid $10.2M for the roughly 20-acre site earlier this year.
The $95M facility will reduce, wash and purify plastic materials into resin pellets that can be used for manufacturing packaging, such as plastic containers and bottles. It will be Blue Polymers’ second U.S. location.
The plant is expected to create approximately 60 new permanent jobs.
The design firm is Butler Design Group. The civil engineer is Hunter Engineering, and FCL Builders is the general contractor. Construction is hoped to begin late this year, with the facility expected to begin operations in the second half of 2025. At capacity, the Blue Polymers plant will process around 75 million pounds of materials per year. (Source)
