Recycla Chile, a Chilean electronics recycling company, officially unveiled a plant expansion at its recycling facility in the Pudaheul district of Santiago, Chile. Helping to inaugurate the facility was Chile’s President Sebastián Piñera. He was accompanied by Andreas Fontaine, Chile’s Minister of Economy, Development and Tourism, and Maria Ignacia Benitez, Chile’s Environment Minister.
In remarks issued at the grand opening, President Piñera noted that only between 1-3 percent of the electronic scrap in the country is collected for recycling. With that in mind, the president said more needs to be done to boost the recycling of the electronic scrap in the country. To achieve this, President Piñera said that he is sending a bill to Congress that aims to improve and modernize all the country’s legislation regarding the disposal of electronic scrap.
According to published reports, the facility will be capable of processing about 4,000 metric tons of electronic scrap a year. Prior to the expansion, the facility was capable of handling around 700 metric tons a year of electronic scrap.