plastics recovery

recovery of plastics

Issue 02/2019 Increase by 20 %

Starlinger and PET to PET boost PET recycling in Austria

The Austrian recycler ‘PET to PET Recycling Österreich GmbH’ recorded a plus of 9 % in the recycling of PET bottles in 2018. With the growing demand for recycled material, the required capacity of the...

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Issue 02/2019 TOMRA at IERC 2019

Removal of flame-retardant plastics from WEEE waste streams

TOMRA Sorting Recycling has given a presentation at the influential International Electronics Recycling Congress (IERC 2019) to share the company’s specialized knowledge of materials-recovery from...

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Issue 02/2019 Waste paper and foil

Channel baling press goes to Poland

The family company P.U.H Kondzłomex Szymon Woźny has been collecting and recycling secondary raw materials such as waste paper and foil for over 20 years. Right from the start they used HSM baling...

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Issue 02/2019 Agricultural plastics

RIGK helps Chile achieve an effective circular economy

German disposal specialist enjoys huge success in sensitising Chilean farmers to recycling used agricultural plastics, with 35 tonnes of plastic waste for sustainable recycling in the first collection...

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Issue 01/2019

EREMA Group acquires 60 % stake in PLASMAC

On 1 January 2019, the Austrian EREMA Group acquired 60 % of the recycling machine manufacturer PLASMAC Srl to further expand its range of tailor-made plastic recycling solutions for in-house...

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Issue 01/2019 Expansion

Third extrusion line installed

The Austrian specialist for packaging solutions, ALPLA, and the German recycling company Texplast, a subsidiary of FROMM Plastics, have been benefitting from their cooperation in PET recycling since...

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Issue 01/2019 Food conform

New global innovation VACUNITE at PETnology

With the presentation of its newly developed VACUNITE technology yesterday at the PETnology conference in Paris/France, EREMA once again demonstrates its role as innovation leader. The Austrian...

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Issue 01/2019 Sharing knowledge

Steinert with Best Practice Workshops on the way

These days, a company that offers solutions does more than constructing machines. Sorting specialist STEINERT is closing 2018 with Best Practice Workshops based on real-life scenarios, where...

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Issue 06/2018 News managerial role

Focus on „New Plastics Economy“

TOMRA Sorting Recycling has promoted Business Development Engineer László Székely to the newly-created post of Head of New Plastics Economy. This initiative reinforces TOMRA’s commitment to the aims...

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Issue 06/2018 K 2019: New technology as a motor for innovation

Special show and Science Campus address pioneering key issues of the polymer industry

Innovative materials and technology have been at the heart of all presentations staged at the K trade show in Düsseldorf, the international flagship fair for the plastics and rubber industry. K 2019,...

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