Alpek Shuts Its Argentina Plastic Recycling Plant

Argentina · Business Key Facts —Plant. Ecopek in General Pacheco, Buenos Aires province, producing rPET resin. —Closure date. Operations cease on 31 March 2026. —Jobs. About 40 workers face dismissal or possible redeployment. —Stated reasons. Weak demand, no recycled-content rules, and pressure from imports. —Parent scale. Alpek has 31 plants in nine countries and nearly…