A new recycler has opened, said to be Canada’s first recycling facility that combines a container recovery facility and a plastics recovery facility in one location.

ReVital Polymers Inc., which was founded last year but officially opened its doors in Sarnia, Ont. on Oct. 20, is owned and operated by two recycling industry pioneers, Emmie Leung, CEO and Tony Moucachen, president. Leung is the founder and CEO of Burlington, Ont.-based Emterra Group, a national leader in waste resources management that annually processes and markets more than 500,000 tonnes of recyclables; Moucachen is the founder and president of Delta, B.C.-based Merlin Plastics Group, a veteran of the North American plastic packaging recycling and remarketing industry. The two formed a partnership in 2016 to acquire the assets of Entropex, a Sarnia plastics recycling facility that had gone into receivership. The assets included an 180,000-square-foot recycling facility where ReVital is now located.