GreenGroup inaugurates its third recycling plant

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GreenWEEE, part of GreenGroup and the market leader in the recycling of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) in Romania, inaugurates the third WEEE recycling plant in Buzău and a recycling line for electric motors.

The new plant, located on the Frasinu industrial platform in Buzău, is equipped with state-of-the-art technology, following an investment of 15 million euros. With the expansion of processing lines, the company's total recycling capacity has increased to 140,000 tons annually.

Since 2009, GreenWEEE has recycled 400,000 tons of WEEE through its three plants, the two in Buzău and the one in Câmpia Turzii, recovering over 98% of materials, which are then reintegrated into the economy as secondary raw materials. On the occasion of this inauguration, GreenWEEE announced the completion of a 2 million euro investment for the recycling of electric motors. The expansion of recycling capacity represents an important step in the company's mission to maximize the recovery of materials such as iron, aluminum, copper, plastic, or glass and to reintroduce these valuable resources into production cycles.

In the global context, where electronic waste is rapidly increasing, GreenWEEE can recycle up to 1,000,000 refrigerators annually, with a special focus on recovering hazardous substances. The modern facilities in the plant are designed to efficiently and safely extract freon, as two-thirds of the freon in a refrigerator is found in the polyurethane foam, and one-third in the cooling system. By recycling just one refrigerator, GreenWEEE saves the CO2 equivalent of emissions produced by a car that circles the Earth twice.

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