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== PET bottle recycling ==
 
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[[PET (Polyethylenterephthalate)]] bottles can be recycled to  reuse the material out of which they are made and to reduce the amount of waste going intolandfills. PET is semiporous and absorbs molecules of the food or beverage contained, and the residue is difficult to remove. Using PET bottle flakes to successfully produce higher value products needs improved flake production methods, suitable quality control tools, suitable conversion processes and the right processing equipment. Unlike virgin material, the processing of bottle flakes to the different intermediates and final products needs specific attention, depending on the process or final products that are selected.
 
[[PET (Polyethylenterephthalate)]] bottles can be recycled to  reuse the material out of which they are made and to reduce the amount of waste going intolandfills. PET is semiporous and absorbs molecules of the food or beverage contained, and the residue is difficult to remove. Using PET bottle flakes to successfully produce higher value products needs improved flake production methods, suitable quality control tools, suitable conversion processes and the right processing equipment. Unlike virgin material, the processing of bottle flakes to the different intermediates and final products needs specific attention, depending on the process or final products that are selected.
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| [http://www.krones.com Krones AG], Germany || '''Bottle-to-Granulate''' || Peter Hartel Peter.Hartel@krones.com ||  || Yes || 3,400 - 30,000 || 1,000 - 6,000 || FDA - LNO /  EFSA - LNO ||  ||  
 
| [http://www.krones.com Krones AG], Germany || '''Bottle-to-Granulate''' || Peter Hartel Peter.Hartel@krones.com ||  || Yes || 3,400 - 30,000 || 1,000 - 6,000 || FDA - LNO /  EFSA - LNO ||  ||  
 
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| [http://www.polymetrix.com Polymetrix AG], Switzerland || '''Bottle-to-Granulate''' || Karl Schöpf karl.schoepf@btpag.com ||  ||  || 24,000 || 5,000 || FDA, EFSA, Brand owner || 2.15 || 580 KWh, 590kg steam
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| [http://www.polymetrix.com Polymetrix AG], Switzerland || '''Bottle-to-Granulate''' || Karl Schöpf karl.schoepf@btpag.com ||  ||  || up to 24,000 || 5,000 || FDA, EFSA, Brand owner || 2.15 || 580 KWh, 590kg steam
 
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Revision as of 16:20, 7 January 2016

PET bottle recycling

PET (Polyethylenterephthalate) bottles can be recycled to reuse the material out of which they are made and to reduce the amount of waste going intolandfills. PET is semiporous and absorbs molecules of the food or beverage contained, and the residue is difficult to remove. Using PET bottle flakes to successfully produce higher value products needs improved flake production methods, suitable quality control tools, suitable conversion processes and the right processing equipment. Unlike virgin material, the processing of bottle flakes to the different intermediates and final products needs specific attention, depending on the process or final products that are selected.


Bottle-to-bottle-recycling

Company Process Contact Input Output (with approval) Capacity (t/a) Floor Space (m²) Approvals Fresh water consumption per tonne output (m³/t) kWh consumption per tonne output (kWh/t)
Starlinger & Co. Ges.m.b.H., Austria Bottle-to-Granulate Elfriede Hell recycling.he@starlinger.com Engineering of washing lines and / or a turn-key project with components and technologies available in the market Yes (decontaminated for food-contact, IV increased, AA < 1ppm, lowest VOC level) 6,000 - 26,000 Depending on design USA/FDA (C-H), Austria, Germany/BfR, Ilsi, France/AFFSSA, Finland, Australia, Canada, Egypt, Japan, Switzerland, Latin American Countries; follows EFSA requiremens; brand owners Depending on design Depending on design
Amut S.p.A., Italy Bottle-to-Granulate Piergianni Milani p.milani@amut.it Yes 3,000 - 45,000 Depending on size and stream quality Depending on stream quality 300 - 600
Erema Engineering Recycling Maschinen und Anlagen Ges.m.b.H., Austria Bottle-to-Granulate Christoph Wöss ch.woess@erema.at Yes, in cooperation with long-time partners
Gneuss Kunststofftechnik GmbH, Germany Bottle-to-Granulate Engineering of washing lines with long term partners Yes up to 17,000 FDA, ESFA (pending), INTI, brand owners (conf.) Depending on bottle contamination Depending on input material
Krones AG, Germany Bottle-to-Granulate Peter Hartel Peter.Hartel@krones.com Yes 3,400 - 30,000 1,000 - 6,000 FDA - LNO / EFSA - LNO
Polymetrix AG, Switzerland Bottle-to-Granulate Karl Schöpf karl.schoepf@btpag.com up to 24,000 5,000 FDA, EFSA, Brand owner 2.15 580 KWh, 590kg steam



PET Recycling Associations

Amercia North:

Napcor The National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR) is the trade association for the PET plastic packaging industry. The association's purposes are to promote the introduction and use of PET packaging; to facilitates its recycling; and to communicate the attributes of the PET container as an environmentally sustainable package.


PETRA PETRA is the industry association for North America's producers of PET.


Europe:

PETcore Petcore Europe is a non-profit European trade association based in Brussels. The focus of the association lies on ensuring the sustainable growth of post-consumer PET collection and recycling and that PET is positioned as a sustainable packaging material.


EPBP The European PET Bottle Platform is a voluntary industry initiative that provides PET bottle design guidelines for recycling, evaluates PET bottle packaging solutions and technologies and facilitates understanding of the effects of new PET bottle innovations on recycling processes.


Asia

The Council for PET Bottle Recycling, Japan

Korea Packaging Recycling Cooperative (KPRC)