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COMPANY NEWS
Syklo Group Officially Opens It Recycling Plant In Finland
“Our goal is to grow circular econ-
omy as one of the leading areas
of Finnish export. Finland’s recy-
cling rate has long been among
the weakest in Europe. With this
investment, we are turning the di-
rection for the whole country. Our
ultimate mission is to build a more
sustainable world, where materi-
als are kept in circulation. Now is
exactly the right time to help cre-
ate the circular economy market.
The EU’s newly approved End-of-
Life Vehicles Regulation and the
PPWR are strengthening demand
yklo Group officially opens its complete for recycled materials even fur-
Hyvinkää circular economy. The hub com- ther,” says Teemu Koskela, CEO of Syklo Group
Sbines Finland’s largest plastic recycling Patented technology guarantees top quality. and
plant with an industrial-scale biocomposite fa- advanced mechanical properties. The plant’s
cility. The total investment is 70–80 million eu- process is built for the most demanding sorting
ros, making it unique on an international level. and refining possible, from start to finish, using
The plastic recycling plant can process 50,000 a closed-loop water system. The sorting stage
tonnes of plastic waste every year. This is mate- uses patented technology from Scottish partner
Impact Recycling. This technology can even sep-
rial that would otherwise be incinerated or sent
to landfill. The plant alone raises Finland’s plastic arate black plastics from plastic streams based
on minimal differences in density, one of the in-
recycling capacity by 50%. It also cuts Finland’s dustry’s long-standing challenges.
calculated greenhouse gas emissions by more
than 100,000 tonnes of CO2eq per year.
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