plastics recovery

recovery of plastics

Issue 05/2024

TOMRA supports Henkel to optimize packaging for ­recycling

Product manufacturers have a major role to play in the success of recycling. Both TOMRA and Henkel recognize this and are working together to test the consumer-goods producer’s packaging for...

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Issue 05/2024 New light packaging sorting plant

STADLER enhances operations for VAERSA in Spain

STADLER Anlagenbau GmbH, the globally active German company specialising in the planning, production and assembly of turnkey recycling and sorting plants, has designed and built a state-of-the-art...

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Issue 05/2024 Enormous potential

Plastic recycling with optical sorting 

The potential of increasing the sorting of plastic waste is enormous with a yearly production of about 400 million tons of plastic waste worldwide and only 10 % of the plastic waste being recycled....

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Issue 05/2024 State-of-the-art PET and plastics sorting plant in Switzerland

New pet sorting plant in Frauenfeld relies on artificial intelligence

PET and hollow plastic bottles have been sorted at Müller Recycling AG in Frauenfeld for over 30 years. The two sorting systems from 2004 and 2015 are currently being converted and supplemented with...

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ISEC evo also keeps composite materials in the loop

With the ISEC evo plastic pelletising system, PURE LOOP offers a high-performance recycling machine for processing a wide range of production waste. In tests with thermoplastic composites and glass...

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How the plastic mountain from healthcare could be recycled

Single-use healthcare items – everything from gloves and blood bags to surgical equipment – have become a growing environmental problem worldwide. Their use has increased sharply in recent years, and...

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Issue 04/2024 PET bottle recycling solution from a single source

Coperion and Herbold Meckesheim deliver bottle-to-bottle recycling plant to Magpet

For Indian preform and plastic packaging manufacturer Magpet Polymer Pvt Ltd, Coperion and Herbold Meckesheim are collaborating technologies in construction of an entire plant for bottle-to-bottle...

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Issue 04/2024 Effective, energy-saving plastics recycling

Servomotor-driven edge Trimming System for sheet and film extrusion

Hellweg Maschinenbau’s new, individually controllable R 200/20 Servo edge trimming system brings flexibility to the shredding of extrusion edge strips. Touchscreen control enables processors to adapt...

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Issue 04/2024 Intelligent energy recovery, efficient data communication

Cooperation between Lindner Washtech and EREMA delivers consistent quality in post consumer recycling

How to achieve consistent recycled pellet quality in plastics recycling by exchanging data between the extruder and washing system, and how intelligent energy management reduces costs, was revealed at...

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First time five figure attendance at Plastics Recycling Show Europe

Confirming Plastics Recycling Show Europe’s position as the world’s largest event dedicated to plastics recycling, the exhibition and conference that took place recently in Amsterdam attracted more...

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