The project is funded by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection. Rodiek as the main initiator has proposed the project together with its parent company, Nehlsen AG, and its sister company, Nehlsen Ambiente Angola. During the course of the project, other local Angolan NGO’s will be involved.
Project Partner
Funding
Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection
The “Export Initiative Environmental Protection” of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection, launched in 2016, disseminates and strengthens knowledge about and the application of environmental and climate protection technologies as well as innovative (green) infrastructure in countries in need of support. Within the framework of targeted, substantial projects, the necessary framework conditions for a sustainable application of environmental technologies are to be created.
Realization
Rodiek & Co. GmbH
Rodiek & Co. GmbH is a service provider for waste management solutions for low and middle income countries. As a wholly owned subsidiary of Bremen-based Nehlsen AG, Rodiek can draw on the experience and know-how gained from almost 100 years of sustainable and environmentally sound waste disposal. Nehlsen AG, with its subsidiaries in Germany, Eastern Europe and on the African continent, is one of the 10 largest waste disposal companies in Germany. Nehlsen currently employs around 2500 people in Germany.
Rodiek’s range of services extends along the entire value chain from collection, sorting and processing to provision for recycling. All solutions are individually adapted to the specific requirements on site. The range of services also includes technical support for plants, vehicles and machinery, material flow management and the development of recycling and energy concepts.
Project Partner
Nehlsen AG
Nehlsen AG, with its subsidiaries in Germany, Eastern Europe and on the African continent, is one of the ten largest waste management companies in Germany. Nehlsen currently employs around 2,800 people.
Nehlsen stands for reliable, efficient and customer-oriented services in the fields of recycling and logistics. Rodiek wants to bring its claim of providing individual and sustainable solutions for people and the environment for a future worth living, to countries that were previously overburdened with the disposal of their waste. Rodiek faces up to this social responsibility and has set itself the goal of constructively contributing its expertise and experience in order to strengthen the avoidance and recycling of waste on a global level. Therefore, the successful implementation of EcoLu is for Rodiek a first step towards a stronger commitment in the whole region.
Project Partner
Nehlsen Ambiente Angola
The Angolan waste management company Nehlsen Ambiente Angola Lda. (NAA) a 100% Nehlsen company, founded 2010 in Angola, Luanda, is mainly active in the areas of waste collection and disposal in the municipal as well as in the commercial sector. In order to strengthen recycling and the return of raw materials to the material cycles in the future in the sense of a sustainable circular economy, NAA’s plant infrastructure was recently expanded. Part of this processing capacity will be made available for the material flows generated under EcoLu. In addition, NAA will contribute with its excellent knowledge of the Angolan waste and recycling industry and best relationships with customers of rigid plastics, films, waste paper, glass and metals. In addition, NAA will accompany the operation of the collection points, the logistical management and all other operational tasks.