plastics recovery

recovery of plastics

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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Issue 01/2020 New SFneos filter system

Gneuss at K 2019

Gneuss Filtration Technology showed several different models of their patented Rotary Filtration Systems.

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Plastics Circularity Multiplier Conference

The “Plastics Circularity Multiplier” group invites all interested to attend its first conference on the 10th June in Brussels. The event will bring together policy makers and representatives from...

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Petcore Europe Conference 2020 focused on sustainability

Each year the European PET value chain meets in Brussels for the annual Petcore Europe Conference. This year the two day conference was held at the Crowne Plaza Brussels Hotel to welcome more than 300 ...

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