The Association of Industries of the Dominican Republic (AIRD) and EcoRED have signed an agreement to cooperate in improving the management of solid waste. EcoRED, through its program “The installation of a recovery system for plastic in the Dominican Republic” has the support of the Coca-Cola Company and Benpensa Dominicana with an investment of US$400,000. The next step is the project called “Innovation and Remanufacturing in the Plastic and Construction Sectors” that the AIRD explains has the backing of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
According to a press release, both institutions will work during the next three years on implementing an economic circular model that will permit the recovery of industrial waste and post – consumer plastics for evaluation and reuse as raw materials.
One of the interesting facets to be created is a market for the exchange of reusable waste and the creation of a logistical structure needed to carry out the operations of gathering, stockpiling, and recovery of plastic waste.
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Diario Libre
21 June 2018
