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13.01.2021

Aquafil Acquires Planet Recycling to Enter Carpet Collections

January 12, 2021 | by Arlene Karidis – WASTE 360

Carpet fiber producer Aquafil has traveled a long and multidirectional journey since its founding in Italy 50 years ago in order to make its own polymer at scale—and to do it sustainably. In building its business model, it’s taken on roles from manufacturer, to recycler, and now has added the role of collector.

It was about a decade ago that Aquafil began creating product from would-be waste, which meant traveling to more territories in search of recycled feedstock. The company has gone as far as the Philippines and Africa and has established headquarters in North American carpet-making hub Atlanta. It’s forged into the West Coast and in December 2020 bought Arizona-based Planet Recycling to get ahold of more scrap in that state as well as in neighboring California.

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