8 NEWS PETplanet Insider Vol. 25 No. 04/24 www.petpla.net Triple success in Australia’s circular plastic projects Circular Plastics Australia (PET), a joint venture between Pact Group, Cleanaway Waste Management, Asahi Beverages, and Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP), has selected Amut as the preferred partner for designing and constructing its “Duet and Symphony” recycling projects in Albury and Melbourne. The Italian recycling company was also chosen by the Circular Plastics Australia (PE) joint venture between Pact and Cleanaway for the “Choir” project, also in Melbourne. These integrated, custom-engineered sorting and washing plants ensure that the bottles are part of a closed cycle, where they are used, collected, and given another life. While Duet and Symphony are intended for sorting and washing PET bottles, Choir focuses on HDPE and PP. The Duet recycling line, in operation since 2022, was initially designed for a total output of 3,400 kg/h. After one year of operation, it now reaches a total output of 4,000 kg/h. Amut expresses pride in the acceptance of their specialised technology provided to the Symphony project last November. The opening ceremony of Symphony took place in the presence of Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek and Victorian Minister for Environment Steve Dimopoulos. In December, Amut received approval from the client for the Choir project as well. The Symphony plastic recycling facility is the largest of its kind in Victoria and is furnished with state-of-the-art equipment capable of producing up to 20,000 t/a of recycled PET resin. When fully operational, Symphony can convert the equivalent of up to one billion 600ml PET plastic beverage bottles annually into high-value food-grade PET pellets, which are then used to make new rPET beverage bottles and food packaging. Additionally, the Symphony plant has the capability to process low-viscosity PET tubs and trays. Amut’s washing lines are equipped with technical solutions claimed to ensure the high purity of the final PO/PET flakes, particularly in removing organic and inorganic contaminants and separating PSA labels and glue. These highly automated washing systems are claimed to ensure low operational costs by reducing power and water consumption, as well as chemicals.” www.amut.it +49 7584 9226-0 info@w-stadler.de www.w-stadler.de STADLER Anlagenbau GmbH Premium machines, smart solutions From cutting-edge engineering and complete solutions to single-machine brilliance: Discover STADLER’s smart solutions for every need! US recyclers recovered over five billion pounds of post-consumer plastic for recycling in 2022 Recyclers recovered just over five billion pounds of post-consumer plastic for recycling in the United States in 2022 with the vast majority staying in North America to be processed and remanufactured into new products, according to new data released by the Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR), ISRI, and the U.S. Plastics Pact. Prepared by Stina Inc., and based on surveys conducted by Stina Inc. and the National Association for PET Container Resources (Napcor), the 2022 U.S. Post-consumer Plastic Recycling Data Dashboard details U.S. sourced post-consumer plastic recovered for recycling. North American reclaimers acquired 93.7% of plastic recovered for recycling in the U.S. while exports overseas fell to 6.3%. Although total volumes recovered were down by 1.4% (71.2 million pounds), U.S. reclaimers acquired 21.4 million pounds more U.S. sourced post-consumer plastic over 2021, for a total of 4,307.8 million pounds or 85.9% of the total. Bottles: largest decrease of 107.1 million pounds The 2022 data shows that the five billion pounds of plastic recovered in this year include Bottles (2,784 million pounds, 55.5% of total); Non-Bottle Rigids (1,111.8 million pounds, 22.2% of total), Film (1,110.3 million pounds, 22.1% of total) and Other Plastics (11 million pounds, 0.2% of total). While the volumes reported as recovered for recycling in Non-Bottle Rigids and Film categories held steady or increased in 2022, as compared to 2021, the volumes in Bottle and Other Plastics categories decreased. Bottles had the largest decrease of 107.1 million pounds with a decline across all bottle categories. www.plasticsrecycling.org
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