Plastics

The fully automated waste sorting plant ROAF opened in 2014. It ranks second in sorting municipal solid waste in Norway.

As a recycling company specialising in styrene-based thermoplastics, Sysplast uses and develops pioneering technologies. For this, the company uses melt filters from Ettlinger, whose operation enables high production efficiency and consistent product quality.

With the assistance of IVACE, the Plastics Technology Centre is adding more than 2,000 m2 to its facilities, which will be used for R&D&I in polymer synthesis, medicine, and the circular economy.

Mohinani Group, a third-generation family business group, ordered two Starlinger recoSTAR PET 165 HC iV+ PET bottle-to-bottle recycling lines for its new plants in Ghana and Nigeria.

The Colombian company Plásticos Ojara is located in the idyllic south of the city of Medellin. The company is well known in the region as one of the leading manufacturers of plastic clothes hangers.

At K 2022 in Düsseldorf, Germany, Lindner wants to present all-in-one solutions for the efficient plastics recycling of tomorrow.

The Polyolefin Circular Economy Platform (PCEP) has upgraded its voluntary plastics pledge and commitments after achieving its initial target ahead of schedule.

Weibold Academy article series discusses periodically the practical developments and scientific research findings in the end-of-life tire (ELT) recycling and pyrolysis industry.

Lounais-Suomen Jätehuolto (LSJH) in Paimio, Finland, has successfully started up a new Andritz pilot line for research and development work on post-consumer textile recycling.

The Plastics Recycling Show Europe (PRSE) 2022 exhibition and conference held recently in Amsterdam, The Netherlands attracted a record number of visitors and exhibitors from across Europe and 80 different countries internationally.

Global demand for post-consumer recycled resin has been increasing at a rate that outpaces the growth in supply.