As part of the continued effort
to encourage growth in the Afghan small and medium
enterprise sector by ensuring
that domestic industry potential is maximized all along the value chain, USAID‟s Afghanistan Small and Medium Enterprise Development
(ASMED) project recently inaugurated a significant investment in small and
medium enterprise growth in Regional Command North. In December 2010, the
Qaderi Plastic Recycling Company inaugurated its new equipment, which it
purchased through a $55,000 value-chain improvement grant.
Qaderi, which began operations
in 2006, is the only company providing recycling services in the northern
region of Afghanistan. The company receives and recycles plastic from northern
region provinces, and then sorts the collected plastic according to color and
quality. Prior to the grant, the company sent the collected plastic to Pakistan
for processing. Now the company is able to recycle the plastic waste in Mazar.
Qaderi is committed to establishing additional collection centers throughout
the five northern provinces.
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