SEATTLE (Recycling Monster): Nova Chemicals announced launch of its first polyethylene (PE) film recycling facility in Connersville, Indiana, US. The facility will be fully operational by early-2026.

Nova Chemicals announced the facility's construction plan in July 2023. The facility's mechanical recycling procedure had received a letter of non-objection from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). It received certification under the Recycled Material Standard later in April of this year.

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One of the world's most sophisticated plants, it can recycle about 145,000 bales of end-of-life plastic film and produce over 100 million pounds of recycled PE that can be used in a variety of packaging applications. The modern complex is more than 450,000 square feet in size.

According to Nova Chemicals CEO Roger Kearns, the company has decades of experience creating products that improve people's lives. According to Kearns, it keeps plastic waste out of landfills and transforms it into high-quality, new devices that help preserve food or safely move materials and goods to shop shelves.

Through the addition of recycled materials to food packaging, the new plant will promote the circular economy.