FILAO
Plastic recycling - a challenge for circularity in Belgium
With FILAO, Veolia and Sources ALMA complete the PET bottle recycling loop in the Belgian market and contribute to Belgium's recycling performance. FILAO recycles 40,000 tons of transparent and blue PET bottles each year, collected and sorted through the blue bag system managed by Fost Plus.
For every ton of r-PET produced at FILAO, the recycling process reduces CO2 emissions by 3 tons compared to the production of one ton of virgin plastic. The FILAO site also has 12,000 square meters of photovoltaic panels, providing approximately 20% of the plant's energy needs, and water treatment units to treat water upstream and downstream of the recycling process. Additionally, the process is less water-intensive, thanks to dry sorting at the beginning of the chain, for example.
"FILAO illustrates Veolia's commitment to being an essential local partner in ecological transformation, to meet the evolving needs of our customers and partners in terms of sustainability," says Philippe Tychon, COO of Veolia Belux. "Our complementarity serves the environment: we offer a comprehensive approach to the recycling loop."
FILAO in figures
40 kt
design capacity
2023
operating since
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