Observatoire Europe Afrique 2030

The OK Plast company put into service a plastic recycling plant. Location: Kinshasa (DRC).  Investment: 15 million euros. This is the second OK Plast plant of this type in Africa after the one in Nigeria. Capacity: 50 tons per day. Stock: 5000 tons of compacted bottles. Recycled products: bottle caps, beer crates, chairs, coolers, pipes, bottles. Ok Plast collects plastic bottles through containers installed in 21 collection points. For each kilogram of plastic bottles brought in, the collector receives 100 Congolese francs (less than one euro cent). The operator benefits from an exemption from taxes on inputs for a period of five years, renewable (Afrik 21 – 19/04/2022).