WEEE Cyprus Ltd. is promoting the creation of a modern Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipment (WEEE), batteries and expired household medicines management unit in the Municipality of South Nicosia – Dali.
The project concerns the change of use of an existing premises from an industrial warehouse to a model reception, sorting, dismantling and temporary storage center, with a total estimated cost of €1,300,000.
The implementing body of the project is the company Flanxo Holdings Ltd, with the non-profit organization WEEE Cyprus Ltd. as the main manager. WEEE Cyprus is the only licensed Collective Management System for WEEE in Cyprus and works closely with Green Dot (Cyprus) for the operation of the whole system.
The new recycling plant will have the capacity to manage approximately 5,190 tons of waste per year. The main activities that will be carried out in the unit during the operation stage are the receipt, sorting and temporary storage of large electrical appliances, small electrical appliances, screens – televisions, refrigerators, air conditioners, batteries, toner/inks, fluorescent lamps and expired pharmaceutical products.
The aim of the investment is to drastically reduce the volume of waste that ends up in landfills, as well as to upgrade the quality of the environment through the proper recovery of materials.
The plant will function as a receiving, visual inspection, weighing and hand sorting station. Based on the ten-year forecasts, the annual quantities per waste stream are estimated as follows: Waste electrical and electronic equipment (Large/small appliances, screens, refrigerators, air conditioners, photovoltaics) 5,000 tons, Batteries 90 tons, Toner/inks 50 tons, Fluorescent lamps 35 tons, Expired household medicines 15 tons.
A basic condition for receiving any waste at the unit is the complete absence of liquid residues. The selected materials will remain at the facility for a short period of time until they are received by specialized licensed contractors.
The project will be developed on a plot of 6,509 sq.m. within the Special Industrial Zone of Category A' (increased degree of nuisance) in Dali, which makes the use fully compatible with the urban planning zones of the area.
Since the building is already existing, the construction work will be limited in scale and will take only 4 months. These will include the asphalting of the outdoor area in order to seal the ground to prevent pollution, the creation of a covered sorting area and the installation of a weighbridge.
