Meet the Team: Oscar Heredia

With ‘Meet the Team’, we would like to give you an insight into our corporate culture and the unique team behind Interzero. Oscar Heredia works as production manager at our Liebenau recycling site, where we produce recycled granulates from PET bottles, among other things.

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Oscar Heredia: My name is Oscar Heredia I have been working at Interzero in Liebenau for 3 years and I am the Production Manager.

What training have you completed?

Oscar Heredia: I am an industrial engineer and originally come from the automotive industry. At first, working with plastics was like a culture shock. I actually learnt everything about plastics here at Interzero.

What are you most proud of in your job?

Oscar Heredia: What I like about my job is that I do something for the environment and that we make regranulate, which for me is an art.

What is your biggest strength?

Oscar Heredia: My strength would be communication, because we have many employees from different countries and I can speak three languages, for example. But there are people who work here who come from other countries where I don't speak the language, but still we understand each other.

What is special about the PET plant in Liebenau?

Oscar Heredia: I think the special thing about this facility is that we produce PET bottles, that you can buy in a supermarket and hold in your own hands.

What does your typical working day look like?

Oscar Heredia: Every morning I do a tour, I take a look at the machines, I'll talk to my colleagues, I'll see what happened during the night shift and then we make a plan for the day.

How many hours is the PET system in operation?

Oscar Heredia: The PET factory runs 24/7 and we produce between 1.5 tonnes and 2 tonnes per hour.

What is your favourite plastic?

Oscar Heredia: My favourite plastic is LDPE. Simply because when I'm at the supermarket I always see LDPE and I know that LDPE smells like a candle and I think that's simply beautiful.