Members of the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Turkmenistan conduct continuous work on recycling. For the processing of used plastic, paper, polyethylene, rubber, and wood products, they organized the operation of small enterprises.
Dana dünýä and Sapa - Wepa from Lebap velayat, Sabyrly ussat from Dashoguz velayat, Eşretli kenar and Ak hünji from Mary velayat are among the companies that process waste materials and make consumer products from them.
The individual enterprise Hindiwar from Ahal velayat and the Kökçi economic society from Lebap velayat started the production of auto batteries by recycling old ones.
Eşretli kenar individual enterprise located in the city of Bayramali produces wide range of products from polyethylene by recycling materials collected from all velayats of the country. The company produces plastic bags widely used at the markets, plastic films used in greenhouses and textile complexes, plastic bags for agricultural products, polypropylene water pipes and insulation films used in construction, and wrapping film for packaging livestock feed.
Eşretli kenar plans to open an enterprise equipped with the most up-to-date technology, with an annual production capacity of 1,500 tons of plastic products. The enterprise will produce wide range of products by recycling used plastic bottles.
In general, the entrepreneurs of Turkmenistan plan to organize the processing of 500 thousand tons of recycled materials and waste per year.