Technology giant Meta has signed a multi-year agreement with MacroCycle Technologies to purchase environmental attribute certificates (EACs) linked to recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET) production.
The agreement supports the development of MacroCycle’s initial commercial recycling facility in the Southeastern United States, providing the long-term commercial demand required to finance plant construction. The facility is projected to produce 5,000 tonnes of recycled PET plastic annually.
Under the agreement, MacroCycle will generate third-party verified EACs from the output of its proprietary SolvoGenesis platform. The solvent-based technology dissolves, purifies, and upcycles mixed and contaminated PET waste—including materials unsuited for conventional mechanical recycling—into virgin-grade plastic while maintaining polymer chain integrity at lower energy intensity than monomer-based chemical recycling.
Devon Lake, Head of Net Zero Strategy at Meta, stated that the transaction forms part of Meta’s supply chain decarbonisation efforts across materials, following similar early procurement strategies deployed in the cement and steel sectors.
Stwart Pena Feliz, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of MacroCycle Technologies, noted that the platform is specifically engineered to process contaminated and blended waste streams that traditional recycling methods reject, producing high-value material to replace fossil-fuel-derived PET.
The project aims to expand domestic US production capacity for rPET, addressing supply imbalances where the United States currently imports over 40 per cent of its virgin PET and 20 per cent of its recycled PET requirements. Additionally, the plant is expected to generate regional construction and operational jobs while diverting polyester and plastic waste from landfills and incineration.
