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Starlinger, Hall 9, Booth D22 PET bottle flakes are a valuable secondary resource. At K show, Starlinger recycling technology will be presenting recycling solutions for three different applications: bottle-to-bottle, bottle-to-fibre, and bottle-to-bag. Bottle-to-bottle: Starlinger has installed more than 55 PET bottle-to-bottle recycling lines worldwide with a total installed capacity of >550,000
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Krones, Hall 15, Booth 15.1 Holistic recycling of packaging Millions of bottles are recycled using Krones’ MetaPure systems, handling different material qualities, all the way up to food-grade PET. Since Krones apply a holistic approach to recycling, they are expanding their technology step-by-step to include other types of plastics. The MetaPure
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Tecnofer, Hall 9, Booth C76 Flexibility, compactness, water and energy saving: these are the strong points of the new hot treatment unit MTC1 that Tecnofer will show at K’ 2019. The scope of this machine is to remove contaminants like glue and oil from the PE-PP-PET flakes using a hot washing
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CHT, Hall 8a, Booth D50 lastics have become an indispensable part of our everyday lives, since their low specific weight and special versatility allow us to improve our quality of life. However, what happens to the synthetic materials after they have been used? At present, almost the entire population is concerned
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Kreyenborg, Hall 9, Booth A55 Infrared-rotary drums for various applications in plastics processing and recycling At its exhibition stand, Kreyenborg GmbH & Co. KG from Senden, Germany, will be showing its IRD B 180/270-135, thus representing all kinds of infrared applications in the plastics processing and recycling industry. Individual, tailor-made infrared
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Herbold, Hall 9, Booth B42 Process solutions for the treatment of plastic waste The machine and plant manufacturer Herbold Meckesheim GmbH will be presenting tried and tested process solutions for the treatment of plastic waste in Düsseldorf in addition to its wide range of machines. Pre-shredding Pre-shredding is an essential process
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An expert at De Montfort University Leicester (DMU), UK, has successfully manufactured the first-of-its-kind prosthetic limb socket made from recycled bottles. Dr Karthikeyan Kandan, senior lecturer in Mechanical Engineering at DMU, found he could grind the bottles down and use the granulated material to spin polyester yarns, which can then be
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AptarGroup, Inc., a global leader in dispensing, drug delivery and active packaging solutions, announced that the company has entered into a partnership with Loop, a global circular shopping platform from TerraCycle that delivers consumer products in reusable containers. As part of the partnership agreement, Aptar’s President of Food + Beverage, Marc
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The water brand Dasani announced a robust pipeline of sustainable packaging innovations in support of The Coca-Cola Company’s global “World Without Waste” goal to make its bottles and cans with an average of 50% recycled material by 2030. Updates to Dasani’s packaging line-up are designed to reduce plastic waste and increase
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The RAL Quality Mark is the first independent quality mark that provides information about a product’s proportion of recycled plastic material obtained from the Yellow Bag or Yellow Bin. The reuse of production and industrial waste is expressly excluded in the RAL mark that reports percentage of recycled plastic in order
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Erema, Hall 9, Booth C05 The Vacunite bottle-to-bottle recycling technology from the Austrian recycling machine manufacturer Erema is known for high-efficiency decontamination, best colour values, top IV stability, and low energy consumption during the entire process. Its compact design meets high demands in the production of food-grade rPET pellets. The Vacunite
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