MANILA, Philippines—A food-grade plastic recycling firm is set to open the first polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle-to-bottle facility in Visayas and Mindanao in the third quarter of 2026.
NS Sustainable Solutions Inc. (NSSI), a recycling company focused on producing food-contact compliant recycled PET (rPET), said its plant in Carmen, Cebu will process post-consumer bottles into new food and beverage packaging.
The facility will convert used PET bottles into rPET using a certified decontamination and reprocessing system, allowing recovered plastic to meet food-contact safety standards and re-enter the packaging supply chain.
NSSI said the project addresses a structural gap in the Philippines’ recycling landscape, where PET collection networks exist but high-grade bottle-to-bottle processing capacity has remained limited and concentrated in a few areas.
By locating the plant in Cebu, the company said materials collected in Visayas and Mindanao can be processed and reintegrated locally instead of being transported elsewhere.
The plant is equipped with European-engineered recycling technology and is designed to comply with standards set by the US Food and Drug Administration and the European Food Safety Authority for food-contact applications, which are required by food and beverage manufacturers to ensure safety and material integrity.
Beyond processing, NSSI said it is working with waste aggregators, materials recovery facilities, manufacturers, and brand partners to align collection, recycling, and reuse within a single system. The company said this approach improves traceability and compliance across the recycling value chain.
The company said the launch comes as regulatory and market pressures increase demand for reliable domestic PET recovery systems, particularly as producers strengthen compliance with national waste management policies and extended producer responsibility requirements.
NSSI said the facility is expected to reduce plastic leakage, promote a circular economy, create domestic value from post-consumer waste, strengthen regional recycling markets, support skilled employment, and advance responsible materials management.
The project, it added, will help decentralize recycling infrastructure, support regional waste management systems, and expand the country’s capacity to retain value from post-consumer plastic while setting a benchmark for scalable, compliant bottle-to-bottle recycling in the Philippines.
