plastics recovery

recovery of plastics

Issue 04/2019 Preserving value – saving resources!

Circular Economy: Hot Topic at K 2019

Plastic products have become an integral part of almost every area of life. For good reason. Plastic packaging extends the shelf life of food, plastic parts in cars reduces their weight and CO2...

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Issue 04/2019 Largest Swedish sorting system for plastics

Sweden relies on German technology

After a construction period of only one and a half year and in presence of approx. 250 invited guests from the whole of Europe, the official commissioning of the largest Swedish sorting system for...

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Issue 04/2019

TOMRA Sorting Recycling has published a new eBook

The existential threat to oceans and marine life is a good enough reason to cut plastics waste, profitable new business opportunities are another. TOMRA Sorting Recycling has published a new eBook,...

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Issue 04/2019 Greater efficiency for film recyclers

Recycling line recoSTAR dynamic 145

In early 2018, Starlinger recycling technology introduced a new size – the recoSTAR dynamic 145 – that is specially designed for a capacity range of ~1000 kg/h. The first three lines are currently...

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Issue 03/2019 K 2019 in Dusseldorf

Recycling – An essential measure for the circular economy

Plastic waste desecrating beaches and rivers or oozing out of the ruptured belly of a dead fish – at the moment, these disturbing images seem to be ubiquitous. Consequently, the image of plastics has...

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Issue 03/2019 Dual sensor sorting technology

INNOSORT FLAKE – color and material sorting

TOMRA Sorting Recycling extends its offering of high-precision flake sorting solutions with the innovative INNOSORT FLAKE sensor-based solution that combines color and material sorting, reliably...

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Issue 03/2019 Extrupet increases capacity

2nd Starlinger PET recycling line

Extrupet Group (Pty) Ltd, South Africa’s first and largest recycling operation for post-consumer PET bottles, has ordered a second Starlinger PET recycling line to meet the country’s growing demand...

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Plastic Waste from the Sea

“Fishing for Litter” – Sorting Analysis and Material Testing of Plastic Waste from the Sea

Every year, more and more waste ends up in our seas, with a devastating impact on marine flora and fauna. Working together with fishermen on the North and Baltic Seas, NABU, Germany’s Nature and...

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Ghost nets in the Baltic Sea

Vecoplan® supports ghost net recycling with its processing technology

The international recycling company Tönsmeier became a partner of WWF Deutschland (World Wide Fund for Nature in Germany) in September 2015, and since then has been working to rid the Baltic Sea of...

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K 2019 in Düsseldorf

Recycling – An essential measure for the circular economy

Kunststoffmüll bedeckt Strände und Flüsse oder quillt aus dem aufgeplatzten Bauch eines toten Fisches – derartige Bilder gehen derzeit um die Welt. Folge ist: Selten war das Image der Kunststoffe so...

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