Yes Recycling to produce EcoSheet in a new facility in Scotland
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Yes Recycling announced plans for a state-of-the-art recycling facility in Glenrothes, Fife.
As an experienced recycler, the company specialises in hard-to-recycle plastics, including banknotes, Hard hats, printed packaging film, and post-industrial and construction waste streams.
This multiple million-pound investments have enabled the company to create a state-of-the-art patented recycling technology.
The plant will open in late October and will recycle 15,000 tonnes per annum of low-grade post-consumer plastic. The plastic will then be processed into pellets and flake, with residual waste utilised to develop a new generation of high-strength Ecosheet, an alternative to plywood.
"Unlike other products, Ecosheet is created using mixed polymers, utilising what other manufacturers throw away!", commented Omer Kutluoglu, Co-Founder and Director of Yes Recycling.
Ecosheet will be produced in a range of thicknesses comparable to plywood.
According to the company, Ecosheet’s qualities include:
- Flexibility
- High strength/weight-bearing properties
- Moisture resistance (without the addition of chemicals.)
- Resistance to chemicals
- Insulative properties
Yes Recycling Fife has been collaborating on this project with Scottish Businesses, authorities, and investment parties.
These include Scottish Development International (SDI), Scottish Enterprise, Zero Waste Scotland, InvestFife, Business Gateway Fife, Ecosurety and Dunfermline-based Cireco.
