Metal substitution and recyclate grades in focus
New process and material developments for metal replacement and new materials with a high recycled content are the focal point of Lanxess’s presentation at Fakuma in Friedrichshafen.
Recycling
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Greiner Packaging manages its business sustainably and counts on R-PET
Using recycled PET (in short R-PET) for packaging production reduces energy consumption and CO2 emissions.
Vacurema inline sheet technology going from strength to strength
Erema, the Austrian manufacturer of plastic recycling systems, is recording above-average growth rates for its Vacurema inline sheet technology for the production of flat PET film in a single working step direct from post-consumer bottle flake.
Erema at Drinktec/PETpoint 2009: Food-contact grade PET recycling
At this year's "Drinktec" (featuring an integrated "PETpoint") from 14 to 19 September in Munich, the Austrian recycling specialist Erema will be presenting its expertise in the field of technological, high-quality and cost-efficient plastic recycling.
Vogt Plastic: from waste to PP
An efficient separating technology enables German Vogt Plastic to perform a safe and efficient separation of mixed plastic in order to reuse it in new green packaging products.
Rhodia and Millet target a global cooperation for recycling of polyamide
Rhodia and Millet announced their intention to develop “closed-loop” recycling flows for polyamide. The two companies have launched an initial project aimed at recycling used mountain climbing rope into engineering plastic materials for the manufacture of mountain sports equipment.
Mazda develops technology to recycle auto bumpers
Car maker Mazda has developed what it says is a significant step forward in recycling plastic automobile bumpers by developing the world’s first technology to simultaneously handle bumpers from different car makers while automating processes such as removing metal contaminants.
PPSU replaces aluminum
Solvay Advanced Polymers' Radel R PPSU replaces aluminum in new recyclable airline catering trolley.
Packaging recycling beyond the bottle
The plastic bottle is successfully recycled in most EU Member States. To further improve packaging recycling rates we need to continue to capture the full potential of the bottle and explore other content of the packaging stream.
Generating high-pure polyol from PET
A new synthesis process for generating polyol from PET materials is now being used industrially by Petopur GmbH, Schwarzheide.
Recycling of PVC reaches 1 50,000 tonnes a year
In 2 007 the volume of post-consumer PVC waste being recycled across Europe, mainly through the Recovinyl system as part of the industry Vinyl 2 010 voluntary commitment, reached 1 49,500 tonnes.
Trends in recycling
The plastics industry – comprising PlasticsEurope, EuPC, EuPR and EPRO – has published its 18 th report on trends in production, demand and recovery of plastics called the Compelling Facts about Plastics 2007. Recykling is one of the most important parts in this document.
