plastics recovery

recovery of plastics

Issue 05/2025 Contaminated plastic waste for chemical recycling

The new series of EREMA machines that produce ­agglomerates

K 2025 sees EREMA launch the AGGLOREMA generation of machines, a new recycling system specially developed for processing heavily contaminated post-consumer waste. The machine processes film rejects...

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The European PET Bottle Platform (EPBP) introduces the PET Circularity Test – a pioneering tool that simulates multiple recycling loops

The European PET Bottle Platform (EPBP), a leading industry initiative dedicated to advancing the circular economy within the PET bottle value chain, is pleased to announce the launch of its...

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Issue 04/2025 “It‘s that easy!”

Pre-shredding prevents blockages in the baling press

Say goodbye to high energy consumption and rapid wear and tear on presses: Mechanical pre-shredding of packaging cartons optimizes internal material transport, saves energy, and reduces storage...

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Issue 04/2025 K 2025

Plastics and circularity – caught between necessity and potential

K 2025 from 8 to 15 October in Düsseldorf has set itself the goal of addressing the central issues of our times. One of its three Hot Topics reads “Shaping the Circular Economy”. Reason enough to shed...

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Issue 04/2025 Exceptional purity levels

Doğa PET takes PET recycling quality to the next level with TOMRA

Doğa PET, a new recycling venture by Doğa Holding, one of the largest conglomerates in Türkiye, is using TOMRA Recycling’s sensor-based sorting solutions to produce high-quality PET flakes and rPET...

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Safeguarding Europe’s plastics recycling future

European recyclers are facing a severe and deepening recession, with businesses being increasingly forced to shut down. This trend threatens to accelerate Europe’s deindustrialisation and undermines...

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The PET value chain takes a further step towards high-quality PET recycling

A joint initiative of EuPC, EXPRA, EPRO, NMWE, PETCORE Europe, and UNESDA has led to the publication of a comprehensive guidance document to support waste management operators and sorters in setting...

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GAINnext crowned Recycling Machinery Innovation of the Year at the Plastics Recycling Awards Europe

TOMRA announced that TOMRA Recycling’s GAINnext™ – the AI-powered sorting system with deep learning technology – has been awarded ‘Recycling Machinery Innovation of the Year’ in the 2025 Plastic...

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Compact Performance in Chile

Since K 2022, EREMA has sold more than 20 INTAREMA® TVEplus® DuaFil® Compact systems. The first machines have been delivered and have entered operation. At RECUPAC S.A., for example, a recycling and...

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Issue 03/2025 Prepared for the upswing

New building creates space for project planning and development

Hellweg Maschinenbau, a global manufacturer of digitally controlled shredding machines for effective, energy-saving plastics recycling, is well prepared for the market recovery in the industry....

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