plastics recovery

recovery of plastics

Issue 06/2024 Creating new from used

Which technologies are key for high-efficiency plastics recycling

Over 180 participants from 25 nations accepted the invitation from Coperion and Herbold Meckesheim to attend the Recycling Days² in the newly opened Recycling Innovation Center in Weingarten/Germany,...

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Issue 06/2024 Win-win situation

Sorting plant for lightweight packaging officially in operation in Upper Austria

After a construction phase of less than a year and a successful trial run lasting several months, the time has come: TriPlast, one of Europe‘s most modern and Austria‘s largest sorting plants for...

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Issue 06/2024 Circular Plastic

The innovative sorting plant designed by STADLER closes the plastic circular economy loop

Iren SpA and STADLER Anlagenbau GmbH have invited the international press and selected customers to visit the new Circular Plastic sorting plant. Designed and built by STADLER, it is the largest...

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Issue 06/2024 Deep learning technology

Optimising the purification process of rPET production

Nord Pal Plast (NPP), a France-based subsidiary of the European group Dentis that specializes in producing recycled PET flakes derived from post-consumer plastic bottles, was the first to test TOMRA’s...

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Closing the loop on plastics

The mechanical recycling of plastics faces several challenges, both technical and regulatory. From a technical point of view, there are questions about the availability of recyclates, ways to improve...

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Project Re:Claim nominated for Plastics Industry Awards

Project Re:Claim, a joint venture between the Salvation Army Trading Company and Project Plan B, has been nominated for the Plastics Industry Awards 2024 in the "Recycler of the Year" category. Using...

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Visitor registration open for Plastics Recycling Show Europe 2025

Visitor registration has opened for the Plastics Recycling Show Europe (PRS Europe). The global exhibition and conference dedicated to plastics recycling in Europe returns to the RAI Amsterdam, The...

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revalyu Resources successfully commissions second plant of world's largest chemical PET-plastic recycling site

revalyu Resources, one of the leading chemical PET recycling companys with a global presence, has commissioned its second technology-leading PET recycling plant at its site in Nashik, India to further...

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The remanufacturing of used machines is to Herbold Meckesheim like steel to its plants

Herbold Meckesheim has been thinking about the circular economy from the very beginning. When the special machine builder offered its first solutions for plastics recycling some 40 years ago, not...

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Issue 05/2024 Post-consumer waste recycling

ZSK FilCo Filtration Compounder enables higher product quality and reduced energy consumption

Coperion’s new ZSK FilCo simplifies post-consumer waste recycling by combining filtration and compounding in one single production step, leading to higher energy efficiency and significantly reduced...

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