plastics recovery

recovery of plastics

Advances in plastics recycling processes towards the creation of a circular economy

The development of a circular economy to address the plastic waste emergency hinges on the creation of demand for high-quality recyclates. STADLER, one of the leading suppliers of sorting plants for...

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Resilux set to double bottle-to-bottle recycling capacity

Resilux, one of the leading PET bottle and preform producers, has announced a major new technology investment which will result in them doubling their bottle-to-bottle PET recycling capacity. Using...

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Issue 06/2020 Quality analysis within minutes

Sesotec’s FLAKE SCAN analysis system saves time and money

The quality of plastic flakes and regrind is crucial in determining whether plastic processors and manufacturers can profitably use and sell plastic recyclate.

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Issue 05/2020 New VARISORT+ sorting system

Profitably closing the plastics cycle

A majority of the plastic that exists will be used just once and will not be recycled. In Europe, only about 30 % of the plastic produced in 2017 went on to be recycled. Enormous amounts of plastic...

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Issue 05/2020 Advanced sorting accuracy

TOMRA Recycling empowers light intensity of FLYING BEAM®

Following the introduction of the new generation AUTOSORT® within TOMRA Recycling’s Symphony of all Sorts campaign, the company now gives more insight into its engineering advancements made to its...

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Issue 05/2020 Packaging with a Future

Joint commitment to sustainable packaging

ENGEL is committed to greater sustainability of plastic packaging. In collaboration with six other companies from the Austrian packaging industry, the injection moulding machine manufacturer founded...

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Issue 04/2020 It can be achieved under high voltage!

Environmentally friendly plastics

Secondary raw materials are valuable raw materials that can be largely used for high‑quality products without problems. Reintroduction of recyclate into the production cycle makes an important...

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Issue 02/2020 Artificial Intelligence in sorting technology

GAIN retrofit for AUTOSORT systems

Increasing scarcity of resources and even larger flows of waste are leading to a more and more important role for the subject of recycling. The focus is on the quality of the recycled materials. Above...

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Issue 02/2020 Hot spot of recycling technology

With the right recycling technology to highest quality

The Bulgarian plastic recycler Kaskada manufactures high-quality regranulates (Fig. 1) in a highly professional and well-organized way, which reach or exceed new-goods qualities. The family business...

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Issue 02/2020 Life cycle assessment

Interseroh assesses recycling processes in LCA study

New recycling processes enable the high-quality treatment of plastic waste into regranulates, which saves resources and reduces greenhouse gas emissions. And this is exactly what Recycled-Resource –...

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