ASTANA (KazInform) — Nursultan Nazarbayev, the President of Kazakhstan, inaugurated today the vehicle utilization plant - Recycling Company LLP today. Located in Karaganda region, the plant is expected to recycle up to 50,000 vehicles per year.

"This is the first vehicle recycling plant in Kazakhstan. It has been built in just nine months. Its state-of-the-art equipment enables it to recycle up to 50,000 vehicles per year and produce over 20,000 tons of ferrous and non-ferrous metals. It is environmental friendly”, member of the Board of Trustees of Recycling Company LLP Aidyn Nurakhmetov said at the inauguration ceremony.

President Nazarbayev, in turn, noted the relevance of the launch of such enterprise in Kazakhstan. He stressed that with some 5 mln vehicles cruising the streets of Kazakhstan and harming the environment, recycling gains paramount importance.