Syklo hires over a hundred circular economy experts – Hyvinkää plant minimizes microplastic emissions

(For clients.) Syklo Oy's experts are currently interviewing job seekers for dozens of new positions on Kerkkolankatu in Hyvinkää. The facility being built in Hyvinkää will increase the size of Syklo many times over and at the same time change the value chain of plastic waste. Syklo is building a new plastic recycling plant in Hyvinkää, which is based on Scottish sorting technology based on density differences. The closed water cycle minimizes wastewater and microplastic emissions. At the same time, a new production line for biocomposite products is also being built on the site, which can utilize the final products of the plastic recycling plant as raw material. The plant concept aims to ensure that an even larger share of the plastic waste generated in Finland can be recycled as raw material for, for example, plastic products, the automotive industry and logistics solutions. Attraction factors The circular economy concept that improves the domestic recycling rate is of interest as a workplace. “We have received over a thousand applications, and the applicants are really good,” says Mikko Kokkonen, head of operations at Syklo. He says that around thirty new employees will be going to Impact Recycling Ltd’s facility in Scotland in the spring to learn the process and see how it works in practice. Teemu Koskela, CEO of Syklo Oy, sees the appeal of circular economy work: “For young professionals, it is important that the work does good. These circular economy jobs are industrial jobs that improve the recycling rate, generate economic benefits for Finland...