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The Alba Group is expanding its engagement in Asia. In the presence of Wong Kam-sing, Secretary for the Environment HKSAR, it was celebrating the official groundbreaking ceremony for the first recycling plant for the processing of PET and HDPE waste in Hong Kong. The plant will be operated by the joint
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Greiner Packaging’s stated aim is to keep plastic circulating in the economy for as long as possible. To this end, the packaging specialists are aiming to work together with their customers to create new packaging solutions that can be recycled themselves or contain recycled material. One recent solution that falls in
Read moreOn 20 September 2019 in Brussels, the Circular Plastics Alliance presented and adopted its declaration. The declaration describes the alliance’s vision for more recycled plastics in Europe, as well as their commitments for action to reach the EU target to incorporate 10 million tonnes of recycled plastics into products in the
Read moreThe polymer industry is facing an unprecedented moment brought on by a global shift towards circularity and sustainability. The European Commission’s Strategy for Plastics and increasing brand-owner commitments for recycled content in packaging puts pressure on an industry challenged already by supply constraints and market uncertainty. With the full value chain
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Based on the findings of the first two surveys, and backed up by their success and the signature of the Circular Plastics Alliance Declaration, EuPC decided to conduct the third edition of its survey on the use of recycled polymers by plastics converters in Europe in cooperation with Polymer Comply Europe
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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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