Pelita Mekar Semesta

What Pelita Mekar Semesta does

Pelita Mekar Semesta (PT. PMS) is an Indonesian plastic recycling company founded in 2012 and headquartered in Surabaya, Indonesia. The company specializes in the collection and processing of plastic waste into reprocessed flakes, regrind, and pellets, serving downstream plastic manufacturers in the Indonesian market. PMS operates as a private, for-profit waste management and recycling operator with a workforce of 501-1,000 employees, indicating a mid-sized industrial operation built over more than a decade.

The company's core activity is mechanical recycling of plastic waste into secondary raw materials. Through a multi-party feasibility study announced on 2026-02-10 with Borouge, Borealis, Reciki Solusi Indonesia, and Project STOP, funded in part by the Subnational Climate Fund Technical Assistance programme, PMS is positioning itself as a core Indonesian partner in what is described as Indonesia's first integrated waste management and polyolefin recycling system. The initiative targets systematic conversion of plastic waste into high-quality recycled polyolefins using proven industry processes, with stated intent to serve as a replicable circular economy model for other emerging markets.

PMS generates revenue through the sale of recycled plastic flake, regrind, and pellet output to downstream manufacturers, though pricing, contract structures, and customer segmentation are not publicly disclosed. The company received an investment from Circulate Capital on 2025-07-03, signaling institutional capital interest in its circular economy positioning. The business model combines commodity-style recycling throughput with emerging higher-value circular economy participation, though no detailed revenue mechanics, go-to-market motion, or pricing model are disclosed in the available data.

Name

Pelita Mekar Semesta

Legal name

Pelita Mekar Semesta

Website

https://pelitamekarsemesta.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Pelita Mekar Semesta is an Indonesian plastic waste recycler founded in 2012 that converts plastic waste into reprocessed flakes, regrind, and pellets for downstream manufacturers, and is partnering with Borouge, Borealis, and Reciki Solusi Indonesia on Indonesia's first integrated polyolefin recycling system.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Plastic Recycling

NAICS

Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (325211), Resin and Synthetic Rubber Manufacturing (32521), Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing (326)

SIC

Plastic Materials, Synth Resins & Nonvulcan Elastomers (2821)

akta.pro primary industry

Mechanical Recycling (Wash, Grind, Pelletize) (EUAIAKAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Mechanical Plastics Recycling (Wash/Grind/Flake/Pellet) (IMANAMAC), Post-Consumer Plastic Collection & Sorting (MRF/PRF, Bale Supply) (EUAIAKAA), Plastic & Rubber Recycling, Reprocessing & Pelletizing (IMANAOAN)

Keywords

• Plastic recycling
• Recycled plastic pellets
• Recycled plastic flakes
• Polyolefin recycling
• Plastic waste management

Headquarters

HQ city

Surabaya

HQ country

Indonesia

HQ region

Asia

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Operations, Supply Chain, Personnel, Infrastructure

Core offering

PT. Pelita Mekar Semesta is a Surabaya-based plastic recycling company founded in 2012 that converts plastic waste into reprocessed plastic flakes, regrind, and pellets. The company processes collected plastic waste through mechanical recycling operations and supplies the resulting recycled plastic raw materials to industrial buyers for use as feedstock in downstream plastic manufacturing.

Product overview

Pelita Mekar Semesta is an Indonesian waste management services provider operating as a strategic partner in a circular economy initiative. The company participates in an integrated waste management and polyolefin recycling system project in collaboration with Borouge and Borealis, aiming to convert plastic waste into recycled polyolefins in Indonesia.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Reprocessed Plastic Flakes Plastic flakes produced by recycling collected plastic waste through mechanical processing (sorting, washing, and shredding); supplied to plastic manufacturers as a recycled raw material input.
• Reprocessed Plastic Regrind Ground/plastic regrind material produced from recycled plastic waste; supplied to manufacturers for reintroduction into plastic product manufacturing processes.
• Recycled Plastic Pellets Pelletized recycled plastic produced from reprocessed plastic waste; sold to industrial buyers as standardized feedstock for plastic manufacturing and packaging applications.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• BorougecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 February 2026Borouge and Borealis have launched a feasibility study with Indonesian partners Pelita Mekar Semesta and Reciki Solusi Indonesia for an integrated waste management and polyolefin recycling system in Indonesia. The study aims to establish a circular economy ecosystem that systematically converts plastic waste into high-quality recycled polyolefins using proven industry processes. The partners plan to collaborate with Project Stop and view this as a model for similar circular economy initiatives in other emerging markets.
• BorealiscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 February 2026Borouge and Borealis have launched a feasibility study with Indonesian partners Pelita Mekar Semesta and Reciki Solusi Indonesia for an integrated waste management and polyolefin recycling system in Indonesia. The study aims to establish a circular economy ecosystem that systematically converts plastic waste into high-quality recycled polyolefins using proven industry processes. The partners plan to collaborate with Project Stop and view this as a model for similar circular economy initiatives in other emerging markets.
• Reciki Solusi IndonesiacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 February 2026Indonesian partner participating in the feasibility study for an integrated waste management and polyolefin recycling system. The study aims to establish a circular economy ecosystem that systematically converts plastic waste into high-quality recycled polyolefins.
• Project STOPminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe partners plan to collaborate with Project STOP (co-founded by Borealis and Systemiq with scale-up partner Clean Rivers) which has surpassed 100,000 metric tons of waste collected since 2017 and expanded waste management services to 772,485 people across Indonesia.

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Reciki Solusi Indonesia: Indonesian recycling partner co-developing the integrated polyolefin system with Pelita Mekar Semesta. Operates in the same domestic plastic waste management space and is the closest direct comparable.
• CarbonLite: US-based mechanical PET recycler producing food-grade recycled flake and pellet. Comparable as a dedicated plastic-to-pellet mechanical recycler selling into consumer-goods packaging customers.
• Indoplas Group: Indonesian plastics manufacturer with recycling and reprocessing activities. Comparable as a domestic Indonesian player operating in the recycled polyolefin value chain.

Broad incumbents

• ALPLA: Global plastics manufacturer with growing recycling and PCR resin operations. Comparable as a polyolefin converter-investor in recycled plastics, though at much larger scale and with a broader product portfolio.
• Veolia: Global waste management and materials recovery operator with mechanical and advanced recycling activities. Comparable as a large incumbent in plastic recovery and recycled-resin production across emerging markets.
• Suez: International environmental services and recycling group active in plastic materials recovery. Comparable as an established recycling operator pursuing circular-economy models in multiple geographies.
• Borealis: Global polyolefin producer and partner of Pelita Mekar Semesta in the feasibility study. Comparable as a major downstream buyer and investor in recycled polyolefins, and a benchmark for premium PCR offtake economics.

Emerging players

• Renewlogy: Plastic-to-fuel and recycling technology company working with emerging-market waste streams. Comparable as a niche plastics-recycling operator targeting hard-to-recycle streams in developing geographies.
• Plastic Energy: Advanced/chemical recycling company converting plastic waste into recycled polyolefin feedstocks. Comparable as a circular-economy player producing recycled polyolefin outputs from post-consumer waste.

Regional players

• Greentech Malaysia: Malaysian plastics recycling and reprocessing company producing recycled pellets for domestic and export markets. Comparable as a Southeast Asian regional mechanical recycler with similar flake/pellet product mix.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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