Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: AERT), a manufacturer of Green building products, announced it has broken ground on a plastics recycling plant in Watts, Oklahoma.
The new facility, funded and developed with support from the Cherokee Nation and the State of Oklahoma, will reclaim post-industrial plastic materials for use in the company’s building products. The facility is expected to be operational in the first quarter of 2009.
A.E.R.T. will retrofit the existing site, property where a large hog feed lot and finishing facility once operated, into a plant that will clean, process, analyze and reformulate polyethylene plastics. The new facility will be designed to LEED standards, according to a company release.
About Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies
Since 1989, A.E.R.T. has pioneered the use of recycled polyethylene plastic in the manufacture of composite building materials. With its constantly evolving portfolio of patented and proprietary recycling technologies, A.E.R.T. has been recognized as a leader in resource conservation innovation and received the EPA Award for Environmental Excellence for its process of converting scrap plastic to composite outdoor decking. A.E.R.T. converts reclaimed plastic and wood fiber waste into quality outdoor decking systems, fence systems, and door and window components.
A.E.R.T. operates manufacturing facilities in Springdale and Lowell, with a raw materials facility in Junction, Texas.
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