On June 8, Law 223 was published in Panama's Official Gazette, a legal framework that establishes environmental tax exemptions for the recycling industry; these incentives will take effect as of 2022.
The purpose of this legal framework is to promote sustainable business practices, the reconversion of companies and the development of the recycling industry in the country.
In Panama, a bill that establishes exemptions for those natural and legal persons specialized in the operation of industrial recycling plants was approved in the third debate.
The purpose of this new regulatory framework is to stimulate with environmental tax benefits the establishment of recycling companies, which do not exist in Panama, seen as an ideal process to end the problem of garbage accumulation in the country, informed the National Assembly.
The Municipality of San José, Costa Rica, will select a bidder to finance, design, build, and operate a plant to evaluate municipal solid waste in the metropolitan area.
Costa Rica Government Purchase 2020LI-000001-0015499999:
"The purpose of this poster is to hire a bidder to finance, design, build and operate, during a 240-month period, a plant for the valuation of municipal solid waste and its final disposal.
In Guatemala, the government announced that in the next two years it plans to build a plastic waste recycling plant that would produce electricity, and the investment would be financed by donations.
The Ministry of Economy (Mineco) is focused on identifying within the metropolitan area which is the most suitable area for the installation of the plant and the plan is that it will start operating within two years.
The Legislative Assembly approved the Law on Integral Waste Management and Promotion of Recycling, with the objective of achieving correct waste management in the country, through the separation of organic and inorganic waste.
From the statement of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador:
December 19th, 2019. With a firm commitment to protect the environment and conserve the country's natural resources, protect the aquifers and promote a culture of recycling, the Legislative Assembly approved the Law of Integral Waste Management and Promotion of Recycling, a regulation that will allow the correct management of waste in the country, through the separation of organic and inorganic waste, as appropriate, and will also promote the purchase and sale of paper, aluminum, plastic, among others.
The Guatemalan union of recycling companies estimates that the recycling industry could stop generating about $240 million per year if the agreement prohibiting the use and distribution of single-use plastic goods enters into force.
Following the publication of the agreement prohibiting the use and distribution of single-use plastic articles, some companies are beginning to analyze possible options for no longer relying on this type of product.
Because of the demands of the brands, companies producing synthetic yarns in El Salvador have been replacing virgin polyester by recycled plastic in the manufacture of their products.
Representatives of Unifi Central America, one of the companies producing synthetic yarns in the country, assure that 40% of recycled raw material and 60% of virgin plastic resin are currently used.
For the industrial sector of the Dominican Republic, plastic recycling is an activity that attracts investments and favors business alliances in the country.
Representatives of the Association of Industries of the Dominican Republic (AIRD) reported that two initiatives on the subject are being promoted, one being the formation by the AIRD of an organization among all the industries using PET containers in the Dominican Republic to organize collection centers and jointly valorize these products in order for them to be recovered and recycled, generate new jobs and contribute both to the sustainability of the industries and to environmental sustainability.
It is estimated that last year in Guatemala, the collection of crushed glass totaled 59 thousand metric tons, reporting a 10% increase over 2017.
Representatives of Grupo Vidriero Centroamericano (Vical) reported that according to company estimates, last year was collected in the country on average about 4,900 tons of crushed glass per month.
In Alajuela, Costa Rica, a plant dedicated to the recycling of vehicle tires will start operating, with the capacity to process 10 tons of used tires per hour.
The company owning the project is Costa Rica's Multiservicios Ecologicos, which invested approximately $3.6 million in the new plant that will produce raw material for the construction of roads, trails, stables and synthetic fields.
Producing articles with avocado and corn seed resin, and products with additives that allow the decomposition of plastic in less time, are some of the strategies proposed by the sector to overcome the obstacles faced in the region.
As in the rest of the world, there have been several attempts in Central America to ban the use of some plastic products.
The Salvadoran IPSA, manufacturer of plastic films and packaging, expects to close this year with a 10% growth in sales, and by 2021 it expects to export 45% of total production.
Despite the fact that El Salvador's overall economic performance has not been the best, representatives of the plastic products manufacturing company expect better results this year than in 2017 and previous years. Its general manager, Mariano Pitta, told Elsalvador.com:"...We see that the year has begun with greater positivism."
The union, made up of private companies and non-profit organizations, will focus on promoting recycling and reducing waste production in the country.
The first figures on recycling activities in the country indicate that of the approximately 3,800 tons of garbage that are generated daily, only 5% is recycled.According to the new business chamber, in other countries the percentage of reuse reaches up to 50%.
The plastic industry in the new geopolitical and economic environment is the theme of the free conference to be held on September 29th for Costa Rican entrepreneurs.
The organizers of the international exhibition PlastImagen, which will be held from November 7 to 10 in Mexico City, are inviting businesspeople from Costa Rica to attend the conference entiled "The plastic industry in a new geopolitical and geo-economic environment."
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