Okla.-based plastic recycling facility nearly complete

WATTS, OKLA. (Nov. 20, 12:30 p.m. ET) -- A new plastics recycling facility under construction near Watts is nearly complete, according to Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies Inc.

AERT is a plastics recycler and manufacturer of Green building products based in Springdale, Ark. The plant, which is on pace for startup in the first quarter of 2010, will recycle low-end, highly contaminated waste polyethylene films into bulk plastic feedstock for AERT's composite manufacturing plants in Arkansas. Materials to be accepted include bags, stretch wrap, and packaging material.

The Watts recycling facility was funded by Allstate Investments with additional financial support from the Cherokee Nation, the State of Oklahoma, Adair County, local government entities, and the United States Departments of Commerce and Energy which helped provide site infrastructure support including road and sewer improvements for the area.

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