Circular Economy Company Syklo Invests Over 70M to a Pioneering Circular Economy Hub Combining Plastic Recycling and Biocomposite production
Finnish circular economy company Syklo Ltd. is transforming sustainability commitments into reality by advancing its ambitious growth strategy. The company’s new EUR 70–80 million investment will integrate cutting-edge plastic recycling and...
Genuine opportunities for global success, believes the new Head of Key Accounts
Jouni Hillberg, who has worked in the international plastics business for 20 years, wasn’t planning on returning to plastics sales, but the promising development trajectory of Syklo and its motivated team inspired him to take on the challenge....
Syklo’s Hyvinkää circular economy hub receives environmental permit
Syklo, a leading circular economy company, has been granted an environmental permit for its planned mechanical plastic recycling and biocomposite production plant in Hyvinkää. Issued by the Regional State Administrative Agency for Southern...
Syklo expands operations at Oulu waste sorting plant
The Regional State Administrative Agency for Northern Finland has granted the circular economy company Syklo an expanded environmental permit for its sorting facility in Oulu. Previously, Syklo handled unsorted construction and demolition waste, as...
Syklo doubles down on its commitment to pivot from energy production to material recycling
Based on a new competitiveness analysis, our new recycling solutions and our customer service investments help make circular economy company Syklo an increasingly service-oriented partner. Based on a recent survey, 74% of our respondents wanted to...
European Week for Waste Reduction encourages to reduce, reuse and recycle
The European Week for Waste Reduction (EWWR) encourages concrete action to promote sustainable consumption and conservation of natural resources. With up to one third of all food ending up as waste, the 2024 campaign theme places a special focus on...
Changes to Syklo’s subsidiary names and billing information
We are aligning the names of subsidiaries within the circular economy company Syklo Group to better reflect the services we offer. We provide our partners with high-quality circular economy services, bring synergy benefits and promote a higher rate...
Top professionals develop valuable raw materials from recycled plastic
We focus heavily on the development of sophisticated recycled and waste-based raw materials. To boost these efforts, Syklo acquired development company Elastopoli this past autumn. Our top professionals are dedicated to the development of...
New business operations up and running, targeting the European market
Head of Partnerships Eero Martikainen has been responsible for building Syklo’s development story since day one. Going forward, he will be in charge of growth partnerships and accounts for the Syklo companies. With these new responsibilities,...
A new future shaped by the circular economy
Being a pioneer requires taking bold steps towards something new while valuing the wisdom gained from experience. Päivi Pälve, who began her role as Syklo’s new customer relations representative in September, had a long career at Turveruukki....
Circular economy company Syklo to commercialise state-of-the-art biocomposite internationally
Finnish Circular economy company Syklo has bought 100% of the share capital of biocomposite company Elastopoli. The acquisition reinforces Syklo’s investments in advancing the circular economy in line with its growth strategy. The company’s goal...
Seasonal workers’ blog: All roads lead to circular economy
This was the fifth consecutive summer when Syklo employed next-generation circular economy experts across a variety of duties. This past summer, our waste sorting plant welcomed summer supervisors Emmi-Noora “Emppu” Peltokangas and Verne Stenius...
Joining Syklo’s team as a bold pioneer
Suomen Energiamurske’s Hyvinkää circular economy hub became part of Syklo in January 2024, and Heikki Lappalainen is the new head of unit, responsible for its production and development. Lappalainen, who has always been interested in...
Syklo Oy has decided to proceed with the construction of Finland’s largest plastic recycling plant in phases
In February, it was announced that the circular economy company Syklo Oy is planning to construct Finland’s largest plastic recycling plant in Hyvinkää. The 50,000-tonne plastic recycling plant will increase Finland’s plastic recycling...
Syklo now accepts flat glass – recycling glass is an environmentally responsible choice
Recycling flat glass is now possible with Syklo. Recycled flat glass can be recovered, for example, as material for foam or insulated glass. Recycling is worthwhile because it prevents recoverable glass from ending up in landfills. Flat glass used...
The standard value-added tax rate will increase by 1.5% effective 1 September 2024
The standard VAT rate in Finland will increase from 24% to 25.5% on 1 September 2024. The change is due to an amendment to the Value Added Tax Act approved by Parliament and affects the prices of services and products provided by Syklo Oy and Suomen...
Plastic recycling requires international cooperation
Author: Mikko Ahokas, CEO of bioeconomy and circular economy company Macon Plastic recycling seems, at first glance, to be an easy task—just separate the plastics and reuse them. However, technically, recycling is more challenging than this, as...
Recycling construction waste at Hyvinkää and Oulu
Syklo now accepts construction waste from corporate clients in two different branches: the Hyvinkää circular economy hub and the Oulu sorting plant. Both branches aim to achieve the highest recycling and recovery rate possible. This means that we...
Recycling corporate waste at Syklo’s Hyvinkää branch
Syklo Oy will continue the operation of Suomen Energiamurske in the Hyvinkää circular economy hub and, as usual, will accept construction, commercial, and industry waste for circular economy needs. “We are also seeking new partners, such as...
Laura Kemppainen starts as Syklo’s Account Manager
In March, experienced circular economy expert Laura Kemppainen began her duties as Syklo’s Account Manager. In her new post, she will be responsible for Syklo’s business customers and developing services for businesses. As Laura joins...
Syklo Partners with Impact Recycling (UK) to Build a Plastic Recycling Plant Utilising Ground-Breaking Technology
Circular economy growth company Syklo Ltd. is planning to build the largest plastic recycling plant in Finland and increase the country’s plastic recycling capacity by up to 50 percent. The plant is one of a kind even on a European scale because...
Mobile app makes working at Syklo fast and easy
The Syklo Community mobile app is specifically designed to help drivers who work for waste transport services. With the app, working at the waste sorting plant is much faster, praises Kati Terho, a driver at Kempeleen Siirtokuljetus. With the help...
Mikko Kokkonen selected as Syklo’s operations director
Engineer and experienced circular economy expert Mikko Kokkonen started as Syklo’s operations director in January. Mikko will be responsible for Syklo’s sorting and treatment business operations and for the development and absorption of new...
Nationwide expansion for circular economy company Syklo Oy
Suomen Energiamurske Oy’s circular economy cluster, located in Hyvinkää, got a new owner in January when Syklo Oy acquired its entire share capital from Riob Oy. Circular economy company Syklo has acquired Suomen Energiamurske Oy on 9 January...
Fascinating experiences at Syklo—the circular economy as a summer job
This summer, an enthusiastic trio has been working at Syklo, some of whom have work experience from the previous summer as well. Labour management trainee Elle Niemistö receives support from environmental engineering students Krista Paaso and...
2024 summer job at the Syklo waste sorting plant
Are you a skilled circular economy pioneer? Apply for a 2024 summer job and join Syklo’s team! Are you looking for a summer job in 2024? We are looking for hard-working and motivated summer employees to join our team for about four months for a...
Expansion project coordinator advocate join Syklo
Syklo’s growth-oriented team is strengthening in many ways in order to be able to respond even better to future growth and development goals. Lassi Starck has joined in expansion project analysis Lassi Starck, joined Syklo’s team. He analyses...
Syklo’s circular economy experts
Who are Syklo’s circular economy experts, in whose hands lay a better tomorrow and a higher degree of circular economy? Get to know our skilled experts as well as our circular economy jobs and come join us in launching the world into a better...
Anne Raudaskoski – we are all shapers of the future
Author: Anne Raudaskoski, Ethica’s circular economy strategist & co-founder, member of Syklo Oy’s board of directors. Imagine a future where goods “flow” from one user to another, waste has become a raw material that is utilised...
Syklo’s new mobile app expedites service and recycling
On 11 December 2023, Syklo is launching its Syklo Community mobile application for its customers, which includes both a mobile app and a desktop mode. The new service channel will improve the logistics chains of waste, increasing the rate of waste...
Syklo has been diligently identifying circular economy innovations
Syklo Oy started operations in June 2022. During the first year, there has been a lot of visible research at the Rusko sorting plant, but also a lot of invisible research of circular economy innovations. In this article, we will explain in more...
Syklo’s goal is to maximise the reuse of fractions
The circular economy is the most central and, at the same time, the most developing industry when considering ways to reduce overloading the environment and to create a sustainable future. The objective of the circular economy is not only to change...
Recycling and recovering plasterboard – Syklo X Saint-Gobain
Recycling and reusing construction materials is one of Syklo’s main objectives. In Finland alone, about 13.7 million tonnes of construction waste is generated annually, and the aim is to increase the rate of recycling and recovery of it at a...
A sustainable summer at Syklo – An introduction to circular economy jobs
Four enthusiastic circular economy heroes have worked at Syklo this summer. It is the first summer at the heart of the circular economy for three of them, and the second for labour management trainee Krista Paaso. For this summer, Paaso has been...
Recycling hard plastic doubles the life cycle of plastic pipes
Old hard plastic soil pipes and other hard plastics used in earthworks gain a new life when treated by Syklo Oy. Recycling hard plastic pipes is only a taste of things to come, as Syklo plans on further boosting the recycling of plastic products....
Career advancement for Antti Mattila—becomes project manager
Syklo’s team’s current production engineer Antti Mattila will become the project manager at the beginning of June. Until now, Mattila has supervised the maintenance of the Rusko sorting plant and has been responsible for various development...
Petteri Asikainen Syklo’s head of technology
At the beginning of June 2023, the team at Syklo received new reinforcement, as an experienced circular economy expert, engineer Petteri Asikainen joined the team. Asikainen’s role is to lead the company’s technological development and preparing...
Construction waste recycling in Oulu will continue during the revisions
The machinery in Rusko’s sorting plant is turned off for a couple of days about once a month. However, that does not mean that industrial and construction waste recycling stops in Rusko, Oulu. During the regular revisions, the plant undergoes...
Elle Niemistö Syklo’s new production manager
Elle Niemistö, who has a bachelor’s degree in environmental engineering, has been chosen as the new production manager of Rusko’s waste sorting plant. Niemistö starts the job on 1 May 2023. Previously, Niemistö worked at the Syklo waste...
SRF waste is converted into heat and electricity
As a pioneer in the circular economy, Syklo makes non-recyclable SRF waste into energy at its treatment plant in Rusko, Oulu. This Solid Recovered Fuel, processed from SRF waste, will continue its journey to Oulun Energia’s biopower plant, where...
Added value to business operations through the circular economy business model
We put together a guide for companies looking for circular economy partnerships to see if Syklo offers the solutions your business is looking for from its partners and whether the circular economy business model is the right solution. Contents: 1....
Solutions for improving metal waste separation: a competition
In the Circularity to the Circular Economy competition, Syklo is searching for a solution to advance metal waste separation and to obtain purer metal fractions from waste of different qualities. The competition is carried out by the LIKE circular...
Operator Keränen’s mission is accurate waste recycling
Circular economy company Syklo is working extensively in different areas of the circular economy. It is simultaneously carrying out new international research, reaching for the far future, and sorting waste locally at the plant in Rusko, Oulu. The...
Innovative growth through circular economy partnerships
Syklo is actively developing new circular economy partnerships with companies of different sizes and sectors. The company’s objective is to persistently advance the circular economy and to address challenges in the industry with similarly thinking...
Full-service circular economy company Syklo is a good business partner
Circular economy company Syklo’s efficient processes are responsible for processing separately collected commercial waste, from ship rope to boards and from mineral wool to agricultural plastics. By centralising all waste to Syklo, materials do...
Waste sorting is a key factor in a circular economy
The waste sorting plant in Rusko, Oulu, tirelessly crushes, sorts, and refines 100,000 tonnes of commercial waste for reuse every year. With the help of modern technology, the correct waste processing route can be found for the demolition,...
Circular economy breakthrough at hand in Finland in only a few years
Syklo is investigating how to recycle an ever-increasing portion of waste into new products for industrial use. The situation is promising, as a better use than mass incineration is already found for up to 90% of the waste from businesses in...
To Oulu on rubber tyres – the value of waste is increasing
In Savukoski, the municipal consortium Lapeco’s ecoASEMA station manager advises a couple where to sort their waste. Their large trailer construction and demolition waste from an outbuilding, from plasterboard to roofing felt. Unsorted...
Stronger as a team – well-being at Syklo
Eetu Hämäläinen and Kaj Jokilahti have only worked together for about a year. Yet they speak with one voice when it comes to resilience and well-being at work. For Eetu Hämäläinen and Kaj Jokilahti, the most essential thing at work is...
Circular economy company Syklo aims to grow nationally
Oulun Energia is fighting to mitigate climate change by incorporating its circular economy operations into a new company, Syklo. The aim is both to forcefully grow its circular economy operations and to invest heavily in the development of new...
Syklo’s waste sorting plant for a cleaner tomorrow
Do we have waste or recoverable material on our hands? How can we change the consumption habits of people and corporations to be more environmentally friendly? What is the waste sorting plant of the future like and what are all the things we can...
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