Belgian recycling company ECO-oh! has appointed a new CEO, Lorenzo Delorenzi, to lead its plans to double capacity by 2020.
The firm is hoping to align its growth to reach the European Parliament’s recycling target of 55 per cent of household plastic waste by 2025.
ECO-oh! recycling shed, Flemish Limburg
Based in Houthalen, Flemish Limburg, ECO-oh! takes mixed plastic recyclate from collection to new raw materials and products. It processes waste plastics from over two million people in Flanders, then makes goods ranging from garden edging to street furniture and benches.
ECO-oh! is planning to meet the EU’s ambitious new objectives, which will make it compulsory to recycle 55 per cent of plastic waste by 2025 — and 65 per cent by 2035.
Delorenzi said: “As a company, we bear great social responsibility, because we’re creating a future where recycling plastics will be just as normal as recycling paper and glass is today. We're doing so through continuous innovation in sorting, recycling and production technologies. As part of this, ECO-oh! is consciously choosing to forge partnerships within both the recycling and petrochemical sectors.”
Lorenzo Delorenzi, new CEO of ECO-oh!
“We hope to inspire other companies by demonstrating there really is a solution for processing recycled household plastic waste in a sustainable way to reduce the overall amount of waste we produce. To do so, we will continue our commitment to the commercialisation of ECO-oh!’s product range, so that consumers can make a conscious choice to buy recycled products. As part of this, continuous innovation and new applications remain crucial to ensure we can keep processing the growing volumes of sorted plastic waste within a Belgian manufacturing landscape.”
Along with the expansion plans, ECO-oh! will maintain its stream from Belgian household waste centres completely recycled in-house, as it places value on avoid recyclate export, given the attention paid to China’s ban on scrap plastics.
