Romanian company ABS 2000 has inaugurated a new glass recycling facility in Stâlpu, Buzău County, marking a significant expansion of the country’s domestic glass-processing capacity. The project represents an investment of approximately €7.4 million and has an annual processing capacity of up to 80,000 tonnes of post-consumer glass.
The facility was officially inaugurated on 20 August 2026 and was developed with financial support through Romania’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR), part of the European Union’s Recovery and Resilience Facility. Financing was supported through the Environmental Fund Administration (AFM), with maib acting as financial partner.
The plant is designed to receive, crush, sort and clean collected glass, transforming post-consumer material into secondary raw material suitable for industrial applications. By increasing domestic processing capacity, the project aims to reduce the amount of glass waste sent to landfill while strengthening Romania’s circular-economy infrastructure.
The investment also has a regional dimension. ABS 2000 is managed by Serghei Balica, whose business activities extend into Moldova, where ABS Recycling collects and processes PET bottles. The new Buzău facility expands the group’s operations into glass recycling and could support future material flows between Romania, Moldova and other markets in Southeast Europe. 
Source: agerpres.ro with additional information added by Glass Balkan
