Recycling line for agricultural plastic waste nets

RecyOuest, France, has started up the world's first recycling line for agricultural plastic waste nets at its mill in Argentan.
Net waste after mechanical cleaning process from Andritz. Photo: RecyOuest

The recycling line featuring a unique dry-cleaning system was delivered, installed and commissioned by Andritz in August 2022.

The Andritz recycling line can process up to 8,000 tons of waste and produce recycling fibres for nonwoven applications and also for pellets made of waste from agricultural single-use plastic nets and twines. These pellets are then returned to the plastics industry by mixing both recycled and virgin raw materials, thus reducing the amount of virgin plastic used.

This line, inspired by the techniques from textile wastes recycling, is equipped with a unique mechanical dry-cleaning system that allows resource savings by avoiding the use of water and chemicals. This state-of-the-art Andritz equipment allows RecyOuest to produce recycling fibres for nonwoven applications and also pellets for new eco-designed nets and twines for the agricultural sector, with the lowest possible environmental impact.

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