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Water / Waste 38 - Waste collection, recovery and disposal activities 38.2 - Waste recovery 38.21 - Materials recovery
150 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
22 April 2016
Employment effect (start)
1 May 2016
Foreseen end date
Description
UK recycling company Eurokey Recycling has announced that it will create 150 jobs at its new unit in Zielona Góra. The facility is expected to be operational in late April and early May 2016. The company collects recyclable materials from local supermarkets, processes them and supplies the product to factories.
Eurokey Recycling was founded 20 years ago; currently, the company has branches in Australia, China, USA, the UK. In Poland, the company has been operating since 2012 and has units in three locations (Gorzów Wielkopolski, Międzyrzecz and Sulęcin) employing 300 people.
Sources
22 April 2016: Gazeta Wyborcza
Citation
Eurofound (2016), Eurokey Recycling, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 87511, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/87511.