Plastic Recycling in Costa Rica
Welcome to PARKACTIVE Plastics Costa Rica
Project Overview
Name:
PARKACTIVE Plastics Costa Rica
Location:
Costa Rica
Key Partners:
Project pilot status granted by Government of the Republic of Costa Rica
Joint Venture:
PARKACTIVE (100%)
Operating System:
Mechanical recycling, Chemical Recycling, Distillation, Energy Generation
Biggest of its kind in Latam Region
PARKACTIVE Plastics is starting in April 2024 the implementation of a plastic recycling processing plant in Costa Rica. It will be the biggest in Central America and has been granted the status of pilot project by the Government of the Republic of Costa Rica.
Key Figures
Waste Characterisation:
- Plastic Waste from MSW 24,000 t/y
- Plastic Waste from BOS 9,000 t/y
- Plastic Waste from Collection Points 20,000 t/y
- Used Tyres 27,000 t/y
- Other Recyclable Materials 36,000 t/y
Financial Metrics (projected)
- Capex $20,000,000 First Year
- Tangible Capex $16,000,000 First Year
- Intangible Capex $4,000,000 First Year
- Capital Structure
- Debt $10,000,000
- Equity $10,000,000
- Gearing Ratio 50%
- Revenues $35,000,000 $/y
- Ebitda 40%
- IRR 25%
Recycled Outputs:
- Recycled Plastics
- Recycle Plastic Granules (post-extrusion) 8,000 t/y
- Petro-Chemical Material (pre-cracking) 7,000 t/y
- PET flakes (washed) 6,000 t/y
- Other Recycled Outputs
- Carbon Black 11,000 t/y
- Scrap Metals 9,000 t/y
- Scrap Polyamide 1,000 t/y
- Construction Aggreggate 26,000 t/y
- Energy Products
- Synthetic Diesel 24,000 t/y
- Wax 1,000 t/y
- Waste Materials for Energy Co-generation 28,000 t/y
- Methane 9,000,000 m3/y
- Carbon Certificates
- EuMTs 400,000 per year
