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IVL announces plans for new recycling facility AGS and Veolia to develop PET recycling plant
in France in Abu Dhabi
bu Dhabi-based organisation Alliances for Global
hailand based Indorama Ventures Public Company
ASustainability (AGS) has entered long term
TLimited (IVL) has announced plans for a new
partnership with French firm Veolia to establish a
facility in France and expansion of two Polish plants. recycling plant in Abu Dhabi. To be located in Khalifa
The plans are part of the company's $1.5bn investment Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi (KIZAD), the new plant will
to expand its recycling facilities around the world.In be used in recycling Gulf Cooperation Council's (GCC)
most advanced food-grade polyethylene
October, Indorama purchased two production sites
terephthalate (PET). The plant will leverage advanced
located in Bielsko-Biala and Leczyca, Poland. The
sorting technologies to manufacture food-grade
assets have a combined capacity of 23,000t of recycled quality recycled raw material (rPET). It aims to
polyethylene terephthalate (rPET) flakes and 4,000t of produce 14,000t tonnes of the material annually. It
rPET pellets. IVL's new plant in Verdun will be will be equipped with a washing line and an advanced
extrusion process to sort, shred and wash the PET.
Alliances for Global Sustainability founder and CEO
Sheikha Shamma bint Sultan bin Khalifa Al Nahyan
commissioned in fourth quarter of 2021, along with
Bielsko-Biala and Leczyca will complement the
company's existing PET flake production facilities in
Europe. Indorama Ventures Recycling Group Europe said: “Through the development of this innovative
operation head said François LAGRUE said: “We are facility, we aim to help consolidate Abu Dhabi's
position as a leader within the sustainability sector,
announcing a new recycling facility in Verdun France
while also further enabling a circular economy and
and expansion of two recently acquired facilities in
encouraging habitual recycling. “The economic
Bielsko-Biala and Leczyca Poland. “Combined with our impact of developing and operating this facility will be
existing European facilities, IVL will recycle almost ten realised through both job creation and further
billion post-consumer PET plastic bottles in Europe per opportunities in the emirate's waste management
sector. “The results of this will showcase lucrative
year, by 2023. “This new expanded capacity will mean
investment opportunities in Abu Dhabi to global
that, in our facilities alone, an extra 1.7 billion more
markets.” She added: “Aligning with Abu Dhabi's
bottles will be recycled in 2023, compared with 2020. Environment Vision, the UAE's Green Agenda and the
This will lend significant support in realising the EU's United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals, this
plastic collection and recycling targets. These new and state-of-the-art facility will support sustainable
expanded recycling facilities will support our shared development not only here in Abu Dhabi but
throughout the UAE and GCC.” The recycling plant is
goal of closed-loop and sustainable packaging
backed by various Abu Dhabi and Federal
solutions.” The new investment was welcomed by stakeholders, including Environment Agency – Abu
UNESDA Soft Drinks Europe. Dhabi, Tadweer and KIZAD.
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