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Water / Waste 38 - Waste collection, recovery and disposal activities 38.2 - Waste recovery 38.21 - Materials recovery
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
29 October 2025
Employment effect (start)
29 October 2025
Foreseen end date
Description
The Belgian-Turkish recycling company Synpet is investing €300 million in a new recycling facility in the Port of Antwerp. The initiative is expected to create over 100 direct and indirect jobs.
The plant will convert mixed and currently non-recyclable plastic waste into a circular substitute for naphtha, which can be used by petrochemical companies in the region to produce new plastics. The technology, developed over more than a decade, is said to outperform existing methods such as pyrolysis and gasification, and can even process PVC.
CEO Cem Özsüer emphasises the environmental impact, stating that the technology offers a solution to plastic pollution by transforming waste into valuable raw materials. The project also benefits from EU regulations restricting the export of waste outside the Union, allowing Synpet to source plastic waste from across Europe.
Eurofound (2025), Synpet, Business expansion in Belgium, factsheet number 203583, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/203583.
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