PETpla.net Insider 09 / 2019

61 PRODUCTS PET planet Insider Vol. 18 No. 0/17 www.petpla.net PET products Near-infrared masterbatch for recycling black and coloured plastics Plastics´ recycling in the EU has increased by almost 80% since 2006. During the same period, landfill disposal has sig- nificantly declined by 43%. The problem when it comes up to recycling is the fact that some black and coloured plastic items do not get recognised by detecting or sorting machines. That is why these pieces are still disposed as landfill or incinerated to produce energy. So the common use of carbon black still issues the big challenge with it. The reason resides in the fact that sorting machines usually work with near-infrared (NIR) sensors. However, plastics items that contain carbon black absorb the light signal instead of reflecting it, and the product is not detected, thus not sorted and end up its service life as landfill mass or as an incineration mass. Gabriel-Chemie introduces a professional solution for NIR- detectable and sortable thermoplastic masterbatch colours. The NIR reflective masterbatch is made by using special pigment formulations which enable the correspondent sorting and recy- cling, is food contact approved and laser markable. The masterbatch can be extruded, blown or moulded by injection, compression, etc. Solutions made with Gabriel- Chemie’s NIR masterbatch have no lower mechanical proper- ties than products made by carbon black based products. The masterbatch is a solution for plastics that are intended to be reused or recycled. They can be produced applying the ISO norms 9001, 14000 (environmental management), 22000 (food contact materials) and 13485 (medical devices). www.gabriel-chemie.com www.bioplastics-breakfast.com Register now B 3 BIOPLASTICS BUSINESS BREAKFAST 17. - 20.10.2019 Messe Düsseldorf, Germany PLA, an Innovative Bioplastic Bioplastics in Durable Applications PHA, Opportunities & Challenges Bioplastics in Packaging At the World‘s biggest trade show on plastics and rubber: K‘2019 in Düsseldorf, Germany, bioplastics will certainly play an important role again. On four days during the show bioplastics MAGAZINE will host a Bioplastics Business Breakfast: From 8am to 12pm the delegates will enjoy highclass presentations and unique networking opportunity. The trade fair opens at 10 am. Media Partner 1 st Media Partner TECHNOLOGIE & MARKETING Getränke ! KOREAPACKAGINGASSOCIATION INC. Supported by organized by Gold Sponsor MATERIALS