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SIRC’s new plant covers over 1.3 million sq m of land in Al Khair.

C&D waste recycling plant nearing completion

01 July 2020

Saudi Investment Recycling Company (SIRC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Public Investment Fund (PIF), is marking a major construction milestone at its first construction and demolition waste (C&D waste) recycling plant in Saudi Arabia.

The state-of-the-art facility is in the final stages of construction and is set to be operational by the end of this month (July), thus marking the first step towards meeting the national ambition of diverting 60 per cent of C&D waste from landfills by 2035, in alignment with the kingdom’s effort to accelerate the transition to a circular economy.

The facility is the first to be developed under the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed in July 2019 between SIRC, the National Center for Waste Management, and Amanat Al Riyadh for embracing integrated waste management and recycling activities in the capital.

Located in Al Khair, north district of Riyadh, SIRC’s new plant covers over 1.3 million sq m of land allocated by Amanat Al Riyadh. Once commissioned, it will treat up to 600 tonnes of C&D waste per hour and achieve recycling rates of over 90 per cent.

On its part, Amanat Al Riyadh will organise and direct all C&D waste collectors and contractors to SIRC’s Al Khair site. The C&D waste will be sorted and processed in a sustainable way to produce recycled aggregates for construction projects and various road development applications.

The new facility will start receiving waste from mid-June, and will recycle 20 million tonnes of C&D waste dumped and accumulated every year in vacant plots, as well as five million tonnes of annually recurring C&D waste disposed of in illegal landfills or old sites.