Located in Puerto Varas, the new Remap plant has completed the process of installation and approval of permits to begin the first stage of the project, and thus begin to receive all types of non-hazardous waste, both household and industrial. On 7 hectares of land, the company seeks to contribute to the recovery of waste and thus decompress the load currently received by the sanitary landfill of the same commune, as well as reduce the number of garbage truck trips from the Los Lagos Region to La Araucanía or Biobio. Remap’s general manager and co-founder, Eduardo Blanco, told Salmonexpert that the plant’s location plays a strategic role between Puerto Varas and Puerto Montt, close to where waste from salmon farming and other industries is generated or arrives. “We chose this region for several reasons. First, because we saw that there was a demand from the salmon farming industry to improve the recoverability of its waste, but at the same time there was no solution that would fully comply with this goal. This diagnosis is repeated with other industries in the area. Second, because of the crisis of waste recipients in the region. Our service contributes directly to this problem, recovering and returning to the economy waste that would otherwise have ended up in landfills,” says the manager.