RPET360
Food-grade
rPET
We are building Portugal's first industrial-scale, food-grade rPET platform.
Closing the loop. Powering Europe’s circular economy.
A platform built
for European circularity.
RPET360 Portugal is a greenfield industrial development converting post-consumer PET into food-grade resin at commercial scale, serving the European circular economy market.
Post-consumer PET
Sourced from Portugal's Deposit Return Scheme and EU collection networks.
Europe is running
short on
food-grade rPET.
EU Directive 2019/904 mandates 30% recycled content in PET beverage bottles by 2030. Existing European capacity falls short by an estimated 1.4 million tonnes per year.
A 1.4 million tonne annual gap in food-grade rPET supply - the missing link in Europe’s circular economy.
A closed-loop circular economy, in seven engineered steps.
Collection
Post-consumer PET from Portugal's DRS and EU networks.
Sorting
Optical NIR sorting separates clear, blue and coloured streams.
Washing
Hot caustic wash removes labels, adhesives, organic contaminants.
Decontamination
Super-clean processing removes migration risks below detection.
SSP Processing
Solid-state polycondensation raises intrinsic viscosity.
Food-Grade Pellets
EFSA-positive, FDA-approved bottle-grade rPET resin.
New Bottles
Closed-loop supply to European beverage brand owners.
Why Portugal.
Why now?
Strategic Iberian location
Direct access to 450 M EU consumers via rail, road and Atlantic ports.
Deposit Return Scheme
Portugal's national DRS launches 2026 - guaranteed feedstock pipeline.
Skilled industrial workforce
Fondao and Covilhã engineering ecosystem.
100% renewable electricity
Grid PPA + on-site solar contracted from commissioning.
ISCC PLUS certification path
Full chain-of-custody traceability for premium offtake contracts.
Engineered for the circular economy.
Every tonne of food-grade rPET displaces a tonne of virgin polymer - eliminating CO₂, fossil feedstock and ocean-bound plastic from the European value chain. Operations are aligned with ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 22000 management systems.
Built on European standards.
RPET360 operates an industrial circular economy platform aligned with international standards and supported by leading European technology, certification and offtake partners.
