PetStar: inclusive collection model (MAIP) for food-grade PET recycling

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PetStar operates the world's largest food-grade PET recycling plant (Toluca, State of Mexico) and a national network of collection centers. Its nine-process Modelo de Acopio Inclusivo PetStar (MAIP) integrates and professionalizes the base of urban waste collectors and pepenadores: it strengthens more than 1,200 micro, small and medium collection centers with training and advisory support, guarantees child-labor-free chains and promotes social mobility. It benefits more than 49,000 urban collectors and recoverers and processes billions of PET bottles per year that are transformed into food-grade recycled resin.

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