Selikor NV is the largest waste
management company on Curaçao and endeavors

To become the waste management company for the region

Recycling: Processing - When you’ve done your part, let Selikor do the rest.

The processing phase refers to the preparation of materials for shipment to end users. In order to be successful, recycling experts must know the various types and grades of recyclable materials, acceptable quality standards, current prices and potential markets for materials. Processors make profits by receiving higher revenues for the materials that they market to brokers or end users than the cost that they must pay for collecting and processing. Typical processing steps include:

Separating dissimilar and incompatible materials;
Classifying the materials by recycling industry grades;
Inspecting for, and removing contaminants;
Compacting the materials with a compactor, baler, or crusher;
Sizing the materials with a shredder, shear, or granulator for compaction or end use.

At the Malpais compound Selikor is currently building a modern Waste Drop-off Center and a Materials Recovery Facility.

So once you have separated your waste, collected your recyclable materials, and transported them to one of Selikor’s recycling drop off centers, what happens next? Selikor prepares the recyclable materials so they can be processed, packaged and exported or used in the local market.

When Selikor processes a recyclable material, we remove all contamination, (e.g. remove metal caps glass bottles or remove wood from construction and demolition waste). This results in a clean, homogeneous product that can be easily sold on the world market. We also may further separate recyclable materials (e.g. sort plastic bottles by color). Processing may also include crushing, grinding, chipping, or sifting the recyclable materials (e.g. glass may be crushed and sifted into different sized fractions). Finally, the recyclable materials may be packed to facilitate their transportation, either for the local market or for export, (e.g. for example, cardboard is baled, plastic bottles are crushed, etc.).

Currently most of the waste materials collected on the island for recycling will be exported for processing and further treatment of these materials. Only the end products of construction and demolition waste recycling are market locally. [Click here to read more]