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Collection
Post-consumer plastic is recovered through collectors, aggregators, suppliers and collection partners.
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From Waste to Resource
Through EKT Trade and Investment PLC, discarded plastic bottles and caps are collected, sorted and transformed into recycled materials and useful products. By connecting collection with recycling and manufacturing, EKT keeps valuable resources in use, creates value in Ethiopia and supports livelihoods across the circular economy.
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How Our Circular Model Works
From collection to productive reuse.
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Aggregation
Recovered materials are consolidated and transported for industrial processing.
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Sorting
Materials are separated by polymer type, color and quality; unsuitable materials and contaminants are removed.
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Pre-Washing
Labels, caps and unwanted fractions are separated where required.
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Size Reduction
PET bottles are processed into flakes.
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Washing & Separation
Material passes through cleaning and separation stages designed to remove dirt, labels, adhesives and other contaminants.
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Quality Control
Processed material is evaluated according to the requirements of its intended downstream application.
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Manufacturing
Recovered material is converted into secondary raw materials and manufactured products.
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Reuse
Recovered material returns to productive economic use rather than being discarded.
The Circular Model
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Bottle-to-Bottle Circular Manufacturing
EKT Trade and Investment PLC is expanding its circular manufacturing capabilities through planned food-grade recycled PET (rPET) resin production. This bottle-to-bottle initiative will transform PET bottles collected in Ethiopia into high-quality raw material for new bottles, keeping plastic in circulation and supporting local alternatives to imported virgin PET.
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