Post-consumer recycled plastics go food-grade
Starlinger, Chinaplas 2025 – Hall 10 Booth A41
Starlinger, PRSE 2025 – Booth G10
Starlinger & Co GmbH will present its technologies for food-safe recycled PET and polyolefins at Chinaplas and PRS Europe this year.
When it comes to turning post-consumer plastic scrap into high-end recycled materials that meet the high food safety criteria, Starlinger recycling technology offers well-proven technical solutions. The company says that its RecoStar PET art PET bottle-to-bottle recycling systems produce rPET with high purity and ultra-low levels of acetaldehyde, ethylene glycol and VOCs (volatile organic compounds) while featuring low energy consumption and a compact footprint. The Starlinger PET recycling process has been approved by national and international authorities such as FDA and EFSA for its food safety.
With the versatile RecoStar dynamic product line, Starlinger has also tackled post-consumer HDPE recycling for food-grade applications. High-performance cascade degassing in the C-VAC module, combined with ozone-enhanced air flushing in the PCUplus at the end of the recycling process ensure good decontamination results and food-safety for food packaging made from HDPE such as bottles and caps.