“Clearly someone is buying the equipment someone is investing. “In terms of following the money, look at equipment makers,” said Conradie, who also acts as president of the South African Plastics Recycling Organisation (SAPRO). To those who might be skeptical about the pace of discarded plastic reprocessing investments, Johann Conradie of South Africa-based Myplas pointed to the plant and equipment investments being made by plastic recycling technology providers such as Austria-based Starlinger & Co. and Austria-based Erema Group. Richa says his work involves “structuring the plastics recycling business here with a new project we intend to build polyethylene terephthalate (PET) recycling.”

Syed Shahzad Alam, a procurement manager in the Middle East region for Unilever, pointed to that company’s aggressive plastic recycling targets when commenting, “We are not the only one doing this, but we are certainly the pioneer and we are helping to create an industrywide drive, this is actually happening.”įrance-based waste and recycling firm Veolia has been “ heavily investing in plastic recycling,” said Ronald Richa, who works for the firm in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The activism has spurred (belatedly, activists would likely contend) new regulations and substantial investments by brand owners, plastics producers, waste and recycling companies and entrepreneurs all seeking to raise the global packaging recycling rate. Mass media headlines surrounding plastic packaging have been consistently negative for several years, as improperly discarded plastic has accumulated in the ocean and other ecosystems. Longer term, there is space on the site for a second phase of expansion in the next few years, which may include developments in electric vehicle (EV) recycling and large-scale metal processing, says EMR.Ī panel gathered for the online International Recycling Week event represented several links in the plastic recycling supply chain, and each one of them is involved in and/or witnessing big-ticket investments in new plastic recycling activity. The location will receive what EMR calls “100 percent renewable electricity” from utility Scottish Power and will have “enhanced electrical connections to allow equipment used on the site in future to be fully electrified,” states the firm.

thanks to the efficiencies this new site will provide, EMR will be able to offer better prices and service than ever.” At King George V we will have the ability to accept all grades of nonferrous and ferrous metal and. “From December, the city will once again see some of the world’s biggest bulk cargo ships arriving on the Clyde and taking scrap metal to play its vital role in the global, circular economy.”Ĭomments Paul Bodkin, commercial general manager for EMR, “This new site will be a game-changer for our customers across Scotland. “Not only will our customers benefit, but we will be delivering new, high-quality jobs to the area in a sustainable and innovative industry.”īarrett credits the Peel Ports agency and civil engineering firm McLaughlin & Harvey for helping it make “a huge investment in the future of Glasgow’s economy and the U.K.’s recycling industry in general,” he comments. “While EMR will continue to invest in our nearby South Street and Bellshill sites, the King George V development represents the beginning of an exciting new era for Glasgow’s docks,” says EMR’s area general manager Gary Barrett. The company’s existing operations in Scotland restrict it to using smaller ships. The new deep-sea dock will be able to accept bulk carriers of up to 65,000 metric tons deadweight, which produce one-fifth of the carbon emissions, per metric ton of scrap carried, compared with smaller (3,000-metric-ton) vessels, says EMR. The King George V West Quay (Berth 10) in Glasgow “will be EMR’s most innovative deep-sea dock in the U.K., allowing the company to transfer material in the most competitive and low-carbon way possible,” the metals recycling firm says. says it is “transforming its operations” in Scotland with a multimillion-dollar investment in the development of an 11.5-acre waterfront site in Glasgow.

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