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Dotan Kabak and Dan Halman
(Israel)
These gentlemen are behind the EUR 7
million Electra Recyling facility to start production
in the second half of 2022 at Sredot in the south of
Israel. The facility is to process fridges and aircons
and is seen as a project that Israel has been waiting
for because it lacks a modern infrastructure for
fridge and aircon recycling. With a population over
nine million, some 300 000 fridges and 700 000 air-
cons are sold every year. ‘We have long and hot
summers so you need air conditioners in homes
and offices – everywhere. On average, every house-
hold has three units.’
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Leonardo Gasparini (Brazil)
Gasparini runs the start-up SunR, which
specialises in recycling end-of-life solar
panels. The ceo wants to put Brazil on the map
when it comes to the proper handling of photovol-
taic systems. ‘I read market reports predicting that,
in 30 years, Brazil will be the biggest PV waste gen-
erator in Latin America. This means we have to do
something today.’ SunR has processed 30 tonnes
of discarded solar panels since launching its recy-
cling services in 2020 and Gasparini expects to hit
125 tonnes by the end of the year. The potential is
great, he says, putting the market value of the
material of installed capacity at EUR 17 million.
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Mathilde Taveau (Belgium)
The young engineer has become a legislation specialist at trade
organisation Plastics Recyclers Europe, following her work at
electronics recycler Coolrec. She knows plastics inside and out and has a
particular interest in e-scrap plastics, post-shredder residue and additives.
She lends her expertise to research projects such as PLAST2bCLEANED
which aims to develop an eco-friendly and economically viable recycling
process for e-scrap plastics. Her most recent work is on the EU-funded
Primus project, seeking to advance recycling technologies of common poly-
mers.
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