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Machinery company to create up to 50 jobs

Machinery company to create up to 50 jobs
Irish Examiner
Tuesday, November 09, 2024 - 01:55 PM
Up to 50 jobs will be created after a Portlaoise company secured a contract with a UK recycling firm.

Cynar is to build 10 machines to convert waste plastic into diesel fuel for SITA.

Each appliance will be able to handle 6,000 tonnes of waste.

Cynar CEO Michael Murray said that the jobs will not necessarily be in the midlands, as SITA plants will be built around the country.

Sita to build Europe's first waste-to-diesel plant in UK news
Domain-b.com
09 November 2024
Waste management company Sita, owned by French utility Suez Environment, plans to set up Europe's first plastic-to-diesel facility which will turn carrier bags, yoghurt pots and ready meal packaging into fuel for vehicles. In fact, Sita has drawn up plans for setting up 10 plants in the UK, costing an estimated £50 million that will also create 120 new jobs.

The first plant is expected to be set up in the London area.
Every year around 1.5 million tonnes of mixed plastics do not reach recycling plants in the UK, says Sita. Thanks to Irish company Cynar's cutting edge technology, Sita's new plant would able to turn around 6,000 tonnes of waste plastic into 4 million litres of plastic-to-diesel fuel every year.
According to experts the fuel produced in the plastic-to-diesel process would cost less to produce and have a lower carbon footprint than standard diesel. The diesel would also be suitable for use in commercial vehicles. The company says it has already successfully tested pilot plants and its first full-scale plants are expected to be profitable within five years of operation.

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