It is planned to begin processing PET containers in Bashkiria

UFA, 5 September 2019. /Bashinform News Agency/ translated by Tatiana Aksyutina/.

In Bashkiria, it is planned to begin processing PET packaging at the Polyef Bashkir enterprise. Here it is planned to produce granules using 25% recycled PET, which will allow the plant to increase its capacity by a third.

Sibur, the Ministry of Natural Resources of Russia and the state monopoly Russian Ecological Operator signed an agreement on cooperation in the field of environmental development of the Russian Federation at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok. It is aimed, among other things, at the developing solid household waste recycling and waste disposal projects implementation, Kommersant-Bashkortostan reports.

It is assumed that the raw materials for processing may be plastic bottles or low-grade garbage such as food waste bags, which can be converted into naphtha by thermal decomposition. Project developers expect that the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Russian Environmental Operator can help organize the waste collection in certain areas.

Let us remind that in July 2019, in Ufa, new special containers for polyethylene, glass, and paper were installed at the household waste collection sites of residential buildings. Each container has its own color: red for glass, blue for paper, yellow for plastic.

Currently, in Ufa, nine container sites are equipped for separate waste collection. Note that the introduction of the practice of separate household waste collection began in Ufa in 2012.