Poly Recycling

What Poly Recycling does

Poly Recycling operates a state-of-the-art PET recycling facility in Bilten, Switzerland, as a wholly owned unit of Belgian plastics group RESILUX NV. The facility washes, sorts, and extrudes post-consumer PET packaging from multiple European countries into food-grade r-PET granules suitable for manufacturing preforms, bottles, fibers, and films. With approximately 40 employees, the plant currently recycles more than 1 billion bottles per year and is described by the parent as one of Europe's most successful plastic recycling operations.

The core technology stack is mechanical-physical rather than digital: collection of post-consumer PET, advanced washing and sorting for contamination removal and material purity, and extrusion into granulate formats. A proprietary-branded REBIRTH® product series frames the offering around closing the PET loop, with downstream Resilux packaging units providing vertical integration into finished PET products.

The business model is B2B industrial: Poly Recycling generates revenue by selling recycled PET granulate to food-and-beverage manufacturers and packaging producers, with quote-based pricing determined by volume, material quality, and prevailing market conditions. Go-to-market is sales-led, executed through direct partnerships with brand owners, manufacturers, and national deposit-return operators (e.g., Dansk Retursystem), with named flagship customers including Danish premium water brand Aqua d'Or, for which Poly Recycling supplied material for a 100% recycled bottle launch.

Name

Poly Recycling

Legal name

RESILUX NV

Website

https://polyrecycling.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1975

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Poly Recycling is a Swiss PET recycling facility operated by Belgian group RESILUX NV that washes, sorts, and extrudes post-consumer PET into food-grade r-PET granules for European food-and-beverage manufacturers, processing over 1 billion bottles annually.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Plastic Recycling

NAICS

Plastics Product Manufacturing (3261)

SIC

Plastic Materials, Synth Resins & Nonvulcan Elastomers (2821)

akta.pro primary industry

Food-Grade & rPET/rHDPE Recycling (Decontamination/SSP, Bottle-to-Bottle) (EUAIAKAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Recycled & Reprocessed Polymer Resin Manufacturing (rPET, rPP, rPE; PCR/PIR resins) (IMANAAAH), Mechanical Recycling (Wash, Grind, Pelletize) (EUAIAKAB)

Keywords

• PET recycling services
• Recycled plastic granules
• Plastic bottle recycling
• Food-grade r-PET
• Circular packaging materials

Headquarters

HQ city

Bilten

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Recycled PET Material Sales: Poly Recycling generates revenue by collecting used PET packaging, processing it through washing and sorting, extruding it into granules, and selling the recycled PET materials to manufacturers for use in new product production.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Poly Recycling operates a state-of-the-art PET recycling facility in Bilten, Switzerland, that receives post-consumer PET packaging from multiple European countries, washes and sorts the material, and extrudes it into recycled PET granules and pellets. These granules are supplied to manufacturers for the production of preforms, bottles, fibers, and films, enabling closed-loop PET circularity for food and beverage brands. The facility processes more than 1 billion bottles per year and is part of the Resilux group.

Product overview

Poly Recycling operates as part of the Resilux group, managing a state-of-the-art PET recycling facility in Bilten, Switzerland. The company offers recycled PET (r-PET) granules and pellets as its core product, derived from collected post-consumer PET packaging. The product portfolio includes the REBIRTH® series, PET products organized by target markets, and barriers & special solutions. Poly Recycling processes over 1 billion bottles annually and supplies recycled material for manufacturing preforms, bottles, fibers, and films.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• r-PET (Recycled PET) Recycled PET pellets and granules produced from collected and processed post-consumer PET packaging. The material is washed, sorted, and extruded into granules suitable for manufacturing new products such as preforms, bottles, fibers, and films, and is supplied to food and beverage manufacturers and other industrial buyers.
• REBIRTH Series A sustainable product line under Resilux that focuses on closing the PET recycling loop by transforming collected post-consumer packaging into new PET products. It is targeted at brand owners seeking recycled-content packaging solutions.
• Barriers & Special Solutions Specialized PET packaging offerings with barrier properties for extended shelf life and specific application requirements, supplied to manufacturers in food, beverage, personal care, and industrial segments.
• Poly Recycling Facility Services Industrial-scale PET recycling service operated at the Bilten, Switzerland plant, receiving post-consumer PET from multiple European countries, washing and sorting the plastic, and extruding it into various granules for new product manufacturing. The facility employs approximately 40 workers and recycles more than 1 billion bottles per year.

Quantifiable outcome

• 1 billion+ bottles recycled annually

Named customers2 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Dansk RetursystemcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResilux works with Dansk Retursystem, the Danish deposit and return system operator, to recycle PET bottles and deliver full circularity from used food grade bottles to new bottles in the Danish market. The partnership enables complete closed-loop recycling within Denmark's established deposit return infrastructure.
• Aqua d'OrcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAqua d'Or, Denmark's upmarket water brand on a quest to become the most sustainable water brand in Denmark, partnered with Resilux and its Poly Recycling unit. The partnership enabled Aqua d'Or to launch the first bottle made of 100% recycled PET, with Poly Recycling supplying the recycled material.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• ALPLA: Global plastics packaging group with significant PET preform and bottle operations plus growing rPET capacity. Competes with Poly Recycling/Resilux in packaging but has wider product breadth and significantly larger scale.
• PreZero: Recycling and environmental services arm of the Schwarz Group (Lidl/Kaufland parent), operating PET sorting and recycling at scale in Europe. Competes for PET feedstock supply and rPET offtake across European markets.
• Plastipak Holdings: Vertically integrated PET preform and container producer with in-house rPET reprocessing (bottle-to-bottle). Overlaps with Poly Recycling's downstream customer set and competes for food-grade rPET contracts.
• Veolia: Global environmental services group with significant plastics sorting and mechanical recycling operations, including PET flake and pellet production. Overlaps with Poly Recycling in feedstock collection and rPET processing at much broader scale.

Emerging players

• Carbios: French biotech company pioneering enzymatic depolymerization of PET into food-grade monomers. Competes with mechanical recycling like Poly Recycling for food-grade rPET offtake but uses a fundamentally different technology route.
• APK AG: German company operating Newcycling solvent-based recycling for polyethylene and polyamide, with growing interest in mixed-plastic streams. Adjacent competitor to mechanical PET recyclers like Poly Recycling as brands diversify recycling technology.

Direct peers

• Indorama Ventures: The world's largest PET producer and a major rPET recycler with multiple mechanical and chemical recycling facilities. Operates bottle-to-bottle food-grade rPET at scale across Europe, making it the most direct comparison to Poly Recycling's Bilten operations.
• CarbonLite: US-based mechanical recycler producing food-grade rPET pellets for major beverage brands. Closely comparable in technology (wash, sort, extrude), output (food-grade pellet), and customer profile (large beverage companies seeking 100% rPET).
• PET Recycling Team: Austrian mechanical rPET recycler producing food-grade recycled PET from post-consumer bottles. Comparable to Poly Recycling in technology route (mechanical), feedstock (post-consumer PET), and European DRS-based supply model.

Regional players

• Ecoibérica: Spanish plastics recycler with mechanical recycling capacity for PET and other polymers serving Iberian and Southern European markets. Comparable in technology and feedstock focus but serves a different primary geography than Poly Recycling's Central European base.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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