Filenews 9 October 2024 - by Angelos Nicolaou
Green Dot proceeds with the construction of a modern packaging waste management unit. The company has already purchased a plot of land of 20,000 sq.m. in the industrial zone of heavy nuisance of Tseri and pending planning permission has submitted an information report to the Environmental Authority.
The plant will operate as a reception, sorting and processing unit for various types of packaging and is expected to contribute significantly to the recycling and sustainable management of packaging waste in Cyprus.
The purpose of the project is to strengthen the recycling infrastructure in Cyprus through the creation of a modern and efficient packaging waste treatment plant. The plant will receive and process packaging waste made of paper, plastic, metal and other materials, helping to reduce the environmental burden and increase recycling rates.
The benefits of implementing the project include the following:
• The reduction of waste that ends up in landfills.
• Improving the quality of the environment through material recycling.
• The creation of new jobs and the strengthening of the local economy.
• Compliance with national and European legislation on waste and recycling.
The main activity that will take place in the plant during the operation phase is the reception of non-hazardous packaging waste as well as waste non-packaging paper and the execution of sorting operations. The design capacity of the plant will be 36,000 tons of waste per year. The estimated amount of each waste stream that will be received at the plant annually is: Synthetic packaging 500, Mixed packaging (PMD) 20.000, Glass packaging 6.000 and Paper and cardboard 9.500.
As far as non-packaging paper waste is concerned, it is a separately collected waste stream, which will be managed in the automated system of the factory. The first stage of the process will be the removal of any metal debris using magnets. The mixture will then be channelled to specially designed sieves (screens) where the main separation of the net paper stream will take place
