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Sustainability & CircularityOperations & Footprint 30 Oct 2026

Polysmart opens USD 60m rPET recycling plant in Nigeria

Polysmart Packaging, a Nigerian-owned recycler, has officially opened its expanded USD 60m recycling facility in Nigeria, which its chairman described as Africa's largest food-grade recycled PET plant. At full capacity it will process 100,000 tonnes of mixed plastics a year, equivalent to about 6.5 billion PET bottles. The company plans a network of collection agents across Nigeria's 774 local councils.

Why this mattersFood-grade rPET capacity of this size gives brand owners in Nigeria a local recycled-content source and a way to document compliance with national EPR rules.

  • Polysmart Packaging's expanded recycling facility in Nigeria cost USD 60m
  • Chairman Niyi Yusuf described it as Africa's largest food-grade rPET plant
  • At full capacity it will process 100,000 tonnes of mixed plastics a year
  • That equals about 6.5 billion PET bottles a year, or 15 million a day
  • Polysmart plans collection agents across Nigeria's 774 local councils
Polysmart Packaging Ltd
Sources guardian.ng
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  • 2026-11-01 · Edited before publication: The 30 October opening date is not stated; the article is dated 30 October at 4am. 'Scarce' West African infrastructure is unsupported. The Naira start-up capital is irrelevant and was left unconverted.