What Verdeco Recycling does

Verdeco Recycling is a privately held US manufacturer of recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET) pellets, founded in 2011 and operating from three production facilities in South Gate (California), Terre Haute (Indiana), and Piedmont (South Carolina, headquarters and Innovation Center). The company claims a combined annual production capacity of 243 million pounds and self-positions as the largest rPET supplier in the United States. Its core technology converts 100% post-consumer PET flake diverted from oceans and landfills into FDA-approved, customized rPET pellets through mechanical recycling, extrusion, solid-state polymerization (SSP), 50-micron filtration, vacuum degassing, and in-line metal detection and magnetic separation. The Innovation Center in Piedmont houses an in-house R&D lab and a small-scale production line with an SSP reactor, blow-molding, and plaque-making machines for rapid concept-to-scale development.

Verdeco sells five proprietary branded product lines to B2B customers: kleer™ (high-clarity, low-haze FDA-approved rPET), heet™ (hot-fill compatible up to 85–92°C), ayr™ (extrusion blow molding rPET), thyn™ (thin-wall packaging rPET), and toll™ (customer-supplied flake-to-pellet conversion service). The company targets eight verticals, with food and beverage (including hot-fill applications) as the primary segment, and household goods, personal care, cosmetics, medical, nutrition, and automotive as additional markets. The business model is enterprise sales-led with a discovery-first motion: customers engage through "Request a Quote" or "Start Your Project" forms, progress through a discovery call, custom sample development, and mass production orders. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed. Distribution is direct to US brands and converters with no intermediary channels, and Verdeco holds multiple FDA Letters of No Objection for food-contact applications as well as ISO 9001 quality certification.

Strategic positioning is reinforced by academic partnerships with the University of Southern California's Polymer Circularity Program and Clemson University's FRESH Summit, active participation at industry conferences such as the Plastics Recycling Conference, and a multi-channel marketing presence spanning LinkedIn, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter/X, Instagram, and an email newsletter. The CEO is Rob Bindner. No public revenue, funding rounds, or M&A activity are disclosed in the available source material.

Name

Verdeco Recycling

Legal name

Verdeco Recycling

Website

https://verdecorecycling.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Verdeco Recycling is a US-based manufacturer of FDA-approved recycled PET (rPET) pellets, operating three production facilities with a combined 243 million pounds of annual capacity and serving food and beverage, personal care, cosmetics, medical, and automotive brands nationwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

South Gate

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Operations, Supply Chain, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. rPET Pellets Manufacturing and Sales: Primary revenue stream from manufacturing and selling customized recycled PET pellets to B2B customers across multiple industries. Verdeco transforms post-consumer PET flake into high-quality, FDA-approved rPET pellets tailored to specific customer requirements for various packaging applications.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Verdeco Recycling manufactures customized recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET) pellets from 100% post-consumer PET flake sourced from oceans and landfills. The company operates three US production facilities with a combined annual capacity of 243 million pounds, converting recycled flake into FDA-approved rPET pellets tailored for food & beverage, personal care, cosmetics, medical, household goods, nutrition, and automotive packaging applications through proprietary processes including extrusion, solid-state polymerization (SSP), and precision filtration.

Product overview

Verdeco Recycling offers a portfolio of five distinct branded rPET (recycled polyethylene terephthalate) product lines designed for different manufacturing processes and applications. The core offerings include: kleer™ (high-clarity, low-haze FDA-approved rPET for transparent packaging), heet™ (hot-fill compatible rPET for temperatures up to 92°C), ayr™ (rPET for extrusion blow molding), thyn™ (thin-wall packaging exclusively from rPET), and toll™ (customer flake-to-pellet conversion service). Together, these solutions address the full spectrum of sustainable packaging needs across industries including food & beverage, personal care, cosmetics, medical, household goods, automotive, and nutrition. Verdeco positions itself as the largest rPET supplier in the US with 243M pounds annual capacity across three facilities, converting 100% post-consumer PET flake into customized pellets through material science-driven innovation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ayr™: Extrusion blow molding solution for quality rPET products
• toll™
• heet™
• kleer™
• thyn™

Products and services

• kleer™ High-clarity rPET solution with low haze and high transmittance, FDA-approved for food-contact applications. Designed for bottles, containers, jars, and trays where visual clarity is essential. Sold to packaging converters and CPG brands.
• heet™ Hot-fill compatible rPET engineered for filling temperatures up to 85°C to 92°C, suitable for alcoholic beverages, juice, marinades, nutritional shakes, sauces, soda, sports drinks, and tea. Minimizes heat shrinkage while maintaining recycled content.
• ayr™ rPET solution specifically developed for extrusion blow molding processes, enabling production of automotive components, jerry cans, large juice bottles, milk bottles, plastic drums, shampoo bottles, and water bottles with 100% recycled PET content.
• thyn™ Thin-wall packaging solution made exclusively with rPET pellets, allowing companies to achieve sustainability goals while reducing material usage through custom-formulated pellets with high transparency.
• toll™ Toll processing service that takes customer-supplied recycled PET flakes and converts them into custom rPET pellets per customer specifications for various end-use applications.

Quantifiable outcome

• 243M pounds annual rPET production capacity
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature9 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• University of Southern California (USC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerVerdeco partners with USC's Polymer Circularity Program, an interdisciplinary academic initiative designed to equip students with knowledge and tools for sustainable post-consumer plastics practices. Verdeco provides post-consumer plastics for student research, conducts facility tours of their LA facilities, and offers career development opportunities. USC's program includes summer workshops and chemical recycling efforts. The partnership supports both formal education and real-world industry experience.
• Clemson University FRESH SummitcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerVerdeco participates in Clemson University's FRESH (Food, Packaging, and Sustainability) Summit, which brings together thought leaders across industry and academia. The partnership supports collaboration between Verdeco's Innovation Center and Clemson's Materials Science and Engineering department, which is developing next-generation sustainable materials and applications.
• The Packaging SchoolminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerVerdeco was featured in The Packaging School's 'Learning of the Month' video series, which spotlights innovation in sustainable packaging. The Packaging School is renowned for translating academic insight into industry innovation and highlighted Verdeco's role in advancing the circular economy.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• UltrePET (B&H Plastics): US rPET pellet manufacturer focused on thermoforming and packaging applications. Closely comparable in product focus (FDA-grade rPET for packaging) and customer types.
• Placon: US thermoformed packaging manufacturer with internal rPET capabilities and EcoStar-brand PCR products. Comparable customer overlap in food, retail, and consumer packaging.
• CarbonLite (now Indorama): Was one of the largest US producers of food-grade rPET pellets before financial restructuring and acquisition by Indorama. Direct comparison point for Verdeco on scale, FDA-grade rPET, and national beverage customer supply.
• ClearPath Recycling: US-based rPET pellet producer serving bottle and thermoformed applications. Operates at similar scale and product focus to Verdeco, making it a direct competitor in food-grade and hot-fill rPET.
• Phoenix Technologies International: Produces food-grade rPET pellets from post-consumer bottles in the US. Direct peer for bottle-to-bottle recycling, SSP-based decontamination, and FDA-grade applications.
• KW Plastics: One of the largest US post-consumer recycled resin producers, with HDPE and PP alongside PET capabilities. Comparable scale manufacturer serving packaging converters and a benchmark for PCR resin economics.
• Evergreen Plastics: US-based PCR resin producer focused on HDPE and PET, with food-grade capabilities. Direct comparison point on PCR resin manufacturing, MRF relationships, and packaging-grade quality systems.

Broad incumbents

• ALPLA: Global plastic packaging manufacturer with growing US rPET integration. Competes with Verdeco both as a downstream packaging buyer and increasingly as a recycled-resin producer.
• Indorama Ventures: Global PET and rPET producer with substantial US recycling capacity (including the former CarbonLite assets). Closest scaled competitor to Verdeco in food-grade rPET pellets and a benchmark for the largest end of the rPET market.

Regional players

• Visy: Australia-based recycling and packaging major with growing US recycled-resin interests. Relevant peer for international PCR scale, though not a primary competitor in Verdeco's US-only footprint today.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/verdecorecycle
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@VerdecoRecycling
• Facebookfacebook.com/verdecorecycle
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/verdeco-group
• Instagraminstagram.com/verdecorecycling

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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