MATERIALS / RECYCLING PETplanet Insider Vol. 22 No. 10/21 www.petpla.net 25 possibility of installing robots. Stadler addressed this demand by including two independent sorting lines – one for the treatment of multi-material and one for hollow material – a set-up that gives more fl exibility. Meeting the growing demand for recycling The push to address the global waste issue by working towards a circular economy is driving a growth in the recycling sector. As a result, Stadler has seen an increase in the demand for new sorting plants as well as upgrades and expansions of existing facilities. This was the case of Viridor, one of the UK’s leading recycling, resource and waste management companies, which undertook a £ 15.4m (US$ 21,2m) upgrade of its Masons Materials Recycling Facility (MRF) in 2020. As one of two developers of this plant, Stadler transformed its operation, increasing its capacity from 65,000 tpa to 75,000 tpa and signifi cantly improving output quality, achieving 98.5% purity on newspapers and pamphlets and 95% for polymers such as PET, HDPE and mixed plastics. Viridor is focused on developing opportunities to put quality recycling materials back into the economy where they belong. The Masons investment plan has been specifi cally designed not only to achieve greater capacity but to match the quality of its output with market requirements. The plant now has the same infeed material as before, but the upgrade has resulted in the facility being able to cope with an additional 10,000 t/a of material. www.w-stadler.de Inside of the UK-based Viridor plant Flexible sorting plant for the Schroll Group, France
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