Meeting of the Ambassador of Kazakhstan with Auto Recycling Nederland (ARN)

Breukelen, June 28, 2022 – The Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Netherlands Askar Zhumagaliyev visited Breukelen, where he met with ARN CEO Paul Dietz.

During the meeting, it was noted that Kazakhstan aims to gradually reduce harmful emissions into the atmosphere under the Paris Climate Agreement and achieve carbon neutral status in 2060.

“The Dutch experience of creating a modern system for recycling light and heavy vehicles, processing and using secondary raw materials obtained in the process of recycling is of great interest to Kazakhstan,” A. Zhumagaliyev noted.

In its turn, P. Dietz spoke about the activities of the ARN, its structure and the process of recycling vehicles. According to the head of ARN, “today we bring together more than 300 partner companies that provide high-quality recycling of cars and batteries.” The role of ARN in this process is to ensure proper coordination and continuity of the production process, providing advisory and, if necessary, financial support.

In addition, the Kazakh delegation visited the Verwey car recycling plant, where they got acquainted directly with the process of utilization.

For reference: According to various sources, the Dutch car recycling enterprises annually extract about 215 million kilograms of various materials from over 205 thousand cars.