ONsite 38 PETplanet Insider Vol. 24 No. 06/23 www.petpla.net ONsite 38 PET soft drink bottle recycling plant in Myanmar Sorema Division of Previero N. Srl set up a PET post-consumer bottle washing and recycling plant at Commercial Plastics Co. - CPC in Yangon, Myanmar (Burma). Andrea Villa, Senior Technical and Sales Engineer of Sorema describes the newly started up plant as follows: “After conducting a wash and recycle trial on the plant at our Recycling Research Center - RRC in Alzate Brianza with CPC collected dirty bottles, we developed the parameters to design a 2,200kg/h flakes output plant, which would make their material able to be reused to produce soft drink bottles again”. He continued: “The material test, conducted at Sorema’s RRC laboratory, has verified that most of the local market collection consists of small-format bottles between 330 and 1,000 ml with a high-level contamination from PVC labels, sand, and abrasive materials. Based on this analysis of the material to be processed, Sorema has developed and manufactured a bottle-to-bottle line for SEA, which features a series of customisations to be considered as standard throughout all South-East Asia (SEA) PET bottles recyclers.” The following machines have been built up: the pre-washing module for removing labels and for optimal cleaning of the material surface. This technology prepares the material for a better sorting of the bottles and reduces the overall wear the whole line. The delabeller has an expectation of its first maintenance after several months. The efficient removal of PVC labels is achieved with a combination of delabeller, wet elutriator and material detectors. Because the SEA market is quickly evolving from PVC to PP labels, Sorema technology has focused on removing the glue of the labels. Sorema has also paid particular attention to the possible wear conditions due to local collection where the level of sand in the input bales is elevated. www.sorema.it Blow Moulding 2023 7th Edition INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, EXHIBITION & NETWORKING EVENT INNOVATIONS AND SUSTAINABILITY IN PLASTIC BOTTLES & CONTAINERS 11-13 December 2023 Cologne, Germany Bringing together the entire supply chain: raw material suppliers to brand owners, retailers, recyclers – and everything in-between. Join the Conference. Get updated on latest trends and innovations. Network with key opinion leaders and industry experts. Register at www.blow-moulding.com For additional information email us at info@blow-moulding.com
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