PETpla.net Insider 07+08 / 2021

PET news 6 NEWS PETplanet Insider Vol. 22 No. 07+08/21 www.petpla.net Erema Group joins Chemical Recycling Europe Erema Group is a member of the Chemical Recycling Europe association as of July 2021. The Austrian plastics recycling machine manufacturer and provider of services related to the recycling process has been committed to improving networking and intensive cooperation within the plastics industry for many years. Erema’s aim is to integrate recycling know-how into the value chain in such a way that bene fi ts the environment, the industry, and society. The company states that in order to achieve the Euro- pean Union’s targets for plastics recycling and the use of recyclates, the technical capabilities of mechanical recycling need to be exploited to the full by expanding collection, sort- ing and recycling infrastructure and by further developing the technologies and end applications. For material fl ows where this recycling route is approaching its limits, it is important to regulate and apply additional processes. Chemical Recycling presents a viable option to recycle the maximum volume of plastic waste, and is the shared interest of the companies in the association, says Erema. “In many cases, mechanical processes are at the begin- ning of the process chain for Chemical Recycling in order to prepare input streams and ensure a reliable, continuous and energy-ef fi cient material feed,” explains Mr Klaus Lederer, Technology Research Manager, Chemical Recycling at Erema Group GmbH. Erema extrusion technologies adapted to meet these speci fi c requirements are already being used in existing chemical recycling plants. As a member of Chemi- cal Recycling Europe, Erema Group would like to contrib- ute the know-how of the group of companies to the further development of Chemical Recycling processes, broaden the group’s own understanding of the needs of plant operators and promote cooperation. www.erema-group.com Largest mechanical sorting plant in Brazil Stadler recently signed an agreement with Orizon Valorização de Resíduos to build the largest mechanical sorting plant in Brazil. The accord aims to ensure the processing of 500,000 t/a of solid waste, in a country where the potential for recy- cling is growing. The agreement is claimed to repre- sent a technological breakthrough in the operations of the Jaboatão dos Guara- rapes Ecopark in Pernambuco, northeast Brazil, which will allow a greater reuse of recyclable waste. In 2020, the plant received 1.5 million tonnes, equivalent to the waste generated by 3.7 million people. This will be the largest mechanical sorting plant ever built in the Brazil- ian market. Stadler has designed and implemented the entire project with two overarching objectives: to modernise and to strengthen Orizon’s plant for the sorting process and select the recover- able products with highest value to serve increasingly demanding domestic and international markets. At the new sorting plant, 150 people will be employed, who will carry out this work in the project, which will start its operation in 2022. This plant has been designed to pro- cess a large volume of material with initial separation of the coarse and heavy frac- tion through mechanical sorting and fi nal separation of the fi nes by hand. In addition, the plant layout already envisages the pos- sibility of extending the line to increase its capacity, as well as increasing the automa- tion of its processes. Orizon Valorização de Resíduos oper- ates fi ve ecoparks in Brazil, and its waste management and processing facilities receive approximately 4.6 million t/a of waste, serving approximately 20 million people and more than 500 business cus- tomers. www.w-stadler.de ABC Compressors appoints new sales manager for Eastern Europe Spanish company ABC Compressors has announced the appointment of Mr Eriz Cristóbal as its new International Sales Area Manager for Eastern Europe. His predecessor, Mr Nacho Urbistondo, has moved to a new ABC of fi ce in Miami, USA. Eriz graduated on Mining Engineering with a specialisa- tion in Energy Resources. He also holds a Master´s degree in Sustainable Energy Engineering. A native of Bilbao, he has lived and worked in the UK and Mexico, as well as Spain. He started his professional career as an engineer in the oil & gas and steel industries before moving on to sales manage- ment positions in the solar photovoltaic and steel industries. www.abc-compressors.com