PETpla.net Insider 10 / 2014

MATERIAL / RECYCLING 20 PET planet insider Vol. 15 No. 10/14 www.petpla.net Scan & Measure Oxygen Ingress & Transmission Rates www.PreSens.de/ Fibox4 Fibox 4 Stand-alone fiber optic oxygen transmitter PET to PET Recycling Österreich GmbH – one of the companies in the Coca-Cola Hellenic Österreich, Radl- berger Getränke, Rauch Fruchtsäfte, Spitz and Vöslauer Mineralwasser Group, is the sole PET recycling plant in the country and has been in operation since 2007. In the autumn of 2010 the plant was extended, a granulation line was added and the plant underwent a complete conversion to the manufacture of foodstuffs-compatible PET recyclate (PET flakes and PET granulate). The next move was for PET to PET to invest €550,000 in a fully operational packag- ing cycle to complete the next stage of the expansion project. In August, exactly five years after the foundation stone of PET to PET Recycling Öster- reich GmbH was laid, the new bottle sorting line became operational. Currently €130,000 is being invested in the installation and com- missioning of an injection moulding machine. In the future, this will enable the PET to PET team to carry out all quality testing in-house directly on site. At PET to PET Recycling Österreich GmbH around 570 million PET bottles – i.e. 20,000 tonnes – are processed and supplied for re-use in foodstuffs packag- ing every year. This represents a total of 70,000 tonnes since the line came into existence. Consumers at home send 82% of PET bottles for recycling (source: ARA May 2011). PET 2 PET Recycling Österreich GmbH expands its plant and invests more than €500,000 A boost in PET 2 PET Recycling “We are delighted at the consistent rise in collective morale and the awareness of recycling among Austrians which has enabled us to break through the “20,000 tonne barrier” for the first time in 2013 with a total record quantity of 20,167 tonnes’ worth of PET bottles”, says Christian Strasser MD of PET 2 PET. As far as director Christian Strasser is con- cerned, this is sufficient mandate for them to continue to invest in meaningful and resource-saving “bottle-to-bottle” recycling activities. Strasser states that their showcase plant is growing with the recycling awareness of their consumers. According to Strasser, only in this way PET 2 PET can do justice to its role as an international pioneer in efficient PET recycling. Dipl. Ing. Christian Strasser, PET 2 PET Managing Director