Ikea acquires stake in plastic recycling plant
6 February 2017
Swedish Ikea group acquired a 15 % minority stake in Morssinkhof Rymoplast Group, a Dutch plastic recycling plant. It is a sign of how important a circular economy is to the company.
Supply of sustainable resources
It is the company's first investment from the 1 billion euro it had set aside to assure its long-term sustainable resource supply. The company will spend the money on forestry activities or invest it in recycling companies or renewable energy and biomaterial efforts. Particularly the recycling industry is an indispensable part of the circular economy, which will be without waste.
Morssinkhof Rymoplast is a Dutch family business with several locations in the Netherlands and more than 50 years of recycling experience. It is considered one of the important European players in this regard, recycling used plastic from both consumers and industrial partners. Over the past few years, its processing capabilities were expanded to 200,000 tons and thanks to the Ikea investment, it can continue that growth, saving an additional 50,000 tons of CO² annually.
Source:retaildetail.eu