Plastics recycling - Current News Articles
Articles on Plastics recycling. Daily updated information and news from the plastics industry.
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Help for a recycling company affected by a fire
- 31.05.2022
- Plastics recycling
- Waste Management
Two weeks ago, the recycling company RAMEKO s.r.o. Two production halls and one warehouse, including plastic waste in the yard, burned down. The damage is estimated at approximately 300,000 to 400,000...
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New design manual for easier recycling of polystyrene packaging
RecyClass has supported the recyclability of expanded polystyrene (EPS) packaging. She has published a new design manual with instructions for recycling fish boxes and white goods packaging from...
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Complex solutions of extrusion systems with CPM Extrusion Group
The CPM Extrusion Group is affiliated to CPM, which has many subsidiaries around the world, including companies that provide the world's leading process equipment and systems. The three companies of CPM Extrusion Group in Europe, America and Asia have provided an installed base of more than 5,000...
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ELEKTRO RECYCLING s.r.o. - How to get quality recycled plastic from electrical waste?
The company ELEKTRO RECYCLING, s.r.o. deals with the processing of electrical waste and portable batteries, while ensuring the processing and subsequent recovery of all categories of discarded electrical equipment. We process approximately 16,000 tons of electrical waste per year and achieve an...
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Company ARBURG extend the life of plastics
A circular economy only works if all players in the process chain work together – from the material and injection moulding machine manufacturers to the recycler. ARBURG first showed how this could be done at K...
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Let's clean Czech Republic, we don't give up, we set up Rubbish bags
- 18.03.2021
- Plastics recycling
- Events
In less than three weeks, the main date of this year's spring event "Let's Clean the Czech Republic" is scheduled for Saturday, March 27. Cleaning will take place "contactless" and within the permitted areas. Local organizers set up so-called Pytlomats for...
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EF Recycling s.r.o solves environmental burdens caused by plastic and metal waste
- 27.01.2021
- Plastics recycling
- Recycled plastics
EF Recycling s.r.o is a professional company specializing in the purchase and recycling of plastics. The basic goal of the company is to contribute to solving the environmental burden caused specifically by plastic and metal...
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Chemical recycling: Market analysis and trends
The market analysis deals in detail with the chemical recycling of plastic waste: The report identifies the current situation, trends and...
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Plastics saves the future through spiral economy
One of the big and important issues for both industry and individuals is how we can increase sustainability and recycle the material that exists today. One solution is to create new life for previously used material. Scanfill calls it a spiral...
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Turn waste polystyrene into a valuable commodity with INECS
- 18.08.2020
- Plastics recycling
- Recycling technologies
EPS or expanded polystyrene is a thermoplastic with a wide range of applications, e.g. as an insulating material or to protect products during transport. A characteristic that predestines EPS for such use is, in particular, its low bulk density. This is usually between 10 - 30...
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New HDPE material from the ML Polyolefins
- 22.07.2020
- Plastics recycling
- Recycled plastics
- Cost savings
ML Polyolefins has developed a new HDPE blend to meet expectations of the growing and demanding recycling field. The regranulate manufacturer has developed a unique blend for extrusion which is characterised by high stability of technical parameters and...
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LIFOCYCLE - Optimizing the Recycling Process
LifoCycle are recyclable masterbatches for polyesters (rPET - recycled PET) and polyolefins. They are available with both a recycled carrier and a natural polymer. These masterbatches are characterized by the ability to handle large amounts of repeated recycling without significant color...
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Free handover of old plastic windows at LB Plast s.r.o.
The service life of PVC plastic windows can be estimated at 30 - 40 years. Due to various circumstances such as use of Eurofund projects to reduce the energy intensity of buildings (facade insulation and replacement of windows) or the overall modernization of the building's appearance, old plastic...
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ML Polyolefins presents GRAYFIN PPH30 - dark grey recyclate polymer
- 28.05.2020
- Plastics recycling
- Recycled plastics
The ML company offers a range of GRAYFIN products with MFI up to 30. Dark grey polymer is a response to the customer needs, especially for the manufacturers who are looking for high flow injection polypropylene from post-consumer waste. With the release of this product the company presents a new,...
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ML Polyolefins is expanding its offer with PCR recyclates
- 15.05.2020
- Plastics recycling
- Recycled plastics
ML Polyolefins, a producer of PP recyclates has presented a new product portfolio adapting its offer to the expectations of all customers and grouping its materials by processing method. Preparing the new offer, ML expands the range of plastics with the premiere injection...
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EF Recycling s.r.o. provides comprehensive service in the field of waste management
Given the growing importance of ecology, recycling is increasing in all areas of human activity. The basic goal of EF Recycling s.r.o. is to contribute to addressing the environmental burden of plastic and metal wastes in particular. The company specializes in purchase and recycling of plastics...
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Platform Obehové Slovensko will cooperate with Holland platform Holland Circular Hotspot
The Circular Economy Platform aims to bring together the public, private and third sectors to bring Slovakia closer to a sustainable and greener future. Dialogue, new partnerships and exchanges of experience were supported by a seminar attended by representatives of the OECD and Holland Circular...
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Products from TOPlast, a.s. can handle all weather conditions
TOPlast, a.s. annually processes about 200,000 kg of plastics, giving them a "second life". Versatile use of recycled plastic is found in various applications. TOPlast, a.s. it offers a wide range of recycled plastic products and all products are fully recyclable TOPeco...
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RESINEX increases the level of PE + PP recycling, PE + PA / EVOCH recycling, impact modification
Achieve a higher level of compounding and recycling with DOW compatibilizers and...
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Piovan Group wins the IF Design Award 2019 with Aquatech’s Easytherm temperature control unit
- 06.05.2019
- Plastics recycling
- Control technology
Top players in design from right across the world came together again for their annual gathering in the prestige setting of the BMW Welt in Munich. It is a major event for entrepreneurs and designers. This year Easytherm, the product designed by MM Design for Piovan Group company Aquatech, was...
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Recycling at Fatra: We give plastic a second chance
- 20.02.2019
- Plastics recycling
- Circular economy
- Plastic regrind
- Recycling technologies
- Recycled plastics
In 2014, Fatra decided to turn into reality a visionary idea: to recycle plastic waste that Fatra produces during the manufacturing process. The company pursued two goals - to reduce the environmental burden of production on the one hand and to increase the economic efficiency of production when...
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BASF launches production of chemically recycled plastic products
The BASF ChemCycling project has shown that chemical recycling offers the possibility to reuse plastic. The new recycling method means a major shift in the circulation...
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Rondo Plast, Member of the Polykemi Group, supplies recycled materials to Volvo Cars
- 05.12.2018
- Plastics recycling
- Automotive
- Recycled plastics
Rondo Plast, a member of the Polykemi Group, is supporting Volvo Cars ambition to have at least 25% of the plastic in their cars being made from sustainable materials by 2025. The Volvo Cars demonstrator vehicle that was revealed this summer exemplifies their commitment to this ambition, which is...
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Fatra a.s. on the road to wasteless production
Fatra's environmental strategy is an effort to use waste in production. Fatra also uses technologies that are virtually waste-free in its production of PVC...
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Collecting of PET bottles caps brakes records
- 20.06.2018
- Plastics recycling
- Waste Management
Caps collecting is still worthwhile. This is evidenced by the latest statistics of the Plastozrout competition. This year, nearly 230 tonnes were redeemed. Last year, it was almost 95...
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Scientists engineer plastics-eating enzyme
- 15.05.2018
- Plastics recycling
- Recycled plastics
- Research
Photography John McGeehan and colleagues inadvertently engineered an enzyme better at degrading plastic than the enzyme which evolved in nature. Researchers in the US and UK have engineered an enzyme that could help solve the problem of PET bottle...
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New pelletizing machines Film Squeezer offers only TOPMACHINES CZ s.r.o.
TOPMACHINES CZ s.r.o. comes with the foil Squeezer pelletizing machine, which is comparable to world...
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nova-Institute: Global market for bioplastics
- 19.12.2017
- Plastics recycling
- Bioplastics
The current results of the annual bioplastic market data presented at the 12th European Bioplastics Conference in Berlin confirm the steady growth of the world bioplastics...
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A new plant for processing PET bottles and plastics will be placed in Slovakia
An investment of 8.5 million euros will create almost 100...
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Records at stand Jelínek-Trading in Brno
- 01.11.2017
- Plastics recycling
- Events
- Peripherals
- Exhibitions
This year's International Engineering Fair in Brno showed what products and equipment will be of the greatest interest in the next year. One of it is an optical sorter from...
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