![Cornerstone ceremony for the new PET recycling plant PLANETA of ALPLA and Coca-Cola FEMSA in the municipality of Cunduacán. In the picture (from left to right): José Friedrich García Mallitz, secretary for the economic development and competitiveness of the State of Tabasco; Guillermo Arturo del Rivero León, secretary of the government of Tabasco; Carlos Torres Ballesteros, ALPLA managing director for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean; John Santa Maria, chief executive officer of Coca-Cola FEMSA; and Abraham Cano, mayor of Cunduacan.](https://resource-recycling.com/plastics/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2022/02/ALPLA-PLANETA-1-web.jpg)
Executives pose at a ceremony for a new PET recycling plant backed by packaging company ALPLA and Coca-Cola FEMSA in Cunduacán, Mexico. | Copyright: ALPLA
RPET capacity is expanding in North America, with two companies announcing new facilities or machinery that will add up to 110 million pounds of RPET to the market.