So far in 2016 exports of scrap metal, cardboard, glass, iron and other materials to be used for recycling, amounted to nearly $20 million, while in 2015 $24 million worth was exported.
Although it is an export sector that is growing in the country, businessmen linked to the sector believe that much of this waste being exported for recycling in other countries could be treated in Nicaragua and could generate additional revenue.
The National Recycling Strategy announced by the administration Solis contemplates the implementation of a virtual stock exchange in which companies from different sectors can sell waste materials.
The initiative aims to give value to industrial and waste materials that can be reused as raw materials in different productive activities.
Nacion.com reported that "...This is a digital platform where users, mainly companies, may offer waste and, likewise, seek waste materials that could serve as inputs for their respective activities. The goal, according to the official document, is to 'boost the supply and demand of waste in a practical, user-friendly and simple manner'. "
In a country where about 1,200 tons of electronic waste are generated each year, there are no plants to recycle and properly dispose them.
In 2014 approximately 33 metric tons of technological waste, most notably batteries, televisions, computers, cell phones, etc. were collected. The country currently does not have a plant to treat this type of waste.
The Annual Conference of the Central American Network for the Promotion of Corporate Social Responsibility will be called ConvertiRSE.
The conference will be held on November 17, 18, and 19 and will bring together the main representatives of the organizations that are in charge of promoting RSE in each of the countries: CentraRSE in Guatemala, Fundemas in El Salvador, FundahRSE in Honduras, UniRSE in Nicaragua, IntegraRSE in Panama, and the Business Association for Development (AED) in Costa Rica.
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