Plastics recycling - Current News Articles
Articles on Plastics recycling. Daily updated information and news from the plastics industry.
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Plastic gold: Chemical recycling in practice - new oil from waste
The ERVO® (Ecological Recycling of High Molecular Weight Waste) technology, owned by ERVO INDUSTRY TECHNOLOGY s.r.o., protected by utility model CZ 31 153 U1 and patent 308 283, represents a revolutionary approach to recycling plastics, rubber and municipal waste through continuous...
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A sustainable future for plastic materials
BASF's Performance Materials division presented its strategic plan to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 and highlighted key milestones on the road to a circular economy. With its exceptional know-how in materials and plastics technology, BASF is becoming a leader in the inevitable transformation of...
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Recycling issues in the spotlight at Central Europe's largest plastics event
In the last week of September, the Central European meeting of plastics manufacturers took place for the seventh time, which last year moved from Šamorín to the premises of the modern industrial loft Eiffel Műhelyház in Budapest. This event has become a meeting point for professionals from the...
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MAT obaly s.r.o. can recycle up to 220 tons of waste foils per month
- 30.09.2024
- Plastics recycling
- Waste Management
- PE Polyethylene
- Plastic packaging
- Recycled plastics
- Blow molding
Since 2005, we have had all the necessary permits to recycle PE film and have thus become one of the companies that make a major contribution to a clean environment. We concentrate mainly on separate collection, which must be sorted and prepared for processing in a more demanding...
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PMES Technologies s.r.o. introduces MOLD BREATHER degassing mould ejectors to the European market
Plastic injection moulding is often plagued by unwanted problems caused by gas trapped in the mould, which negatively affect the quality of production. Our partners in Japan have therefore developed a new, innovative solution called Mold Breather - ejectors that can effectively remove the...
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Ing. Lubomír Zeman: Sustainable Development and Plastics Recycling Part 4
Ing. Lubomír Zeman, an expert in the field of plastic injection moulding, author of many publications, presents his expert article on sustainable development and recycling, which minimize the negative impacts of the current development of human society. The final fourth part is devoted to chemical...
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Ing. Lubomír Zeman: Sustainable Development and Plastics Recycling Part 3
Ing. Lubomír Zeman, an expert in the field of plastic injection moulding, author of many publications, presents his expert article on sustainable development and recycling, which minimize the negative impacts of the current development of human society. The third part is devoted to plastics...
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Ing. Lubomír Zeman: Sustainable Development and Plastics Recycling Part 2
Ing. Lubomír Zeman, an expert in the field of plastic injection moulding, author of many publications, presents his expert article on sustainable development and recycling, which minimize the negative impacts of the current development of human society. In the first introductory part of four, we...
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Ing. Lubomír Zeman: Sustainable Development and Plastics Recycling Part 1
Ing. Lubomír Zeman, an expert in the field of plastic injection moulding, author of many publications, presents his expert article on sustainable development and recycling, which minimize the negative impacts of the current development of human society. In the first introductory part of four, we...
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Granitol: Ecological transformation of plastics production for a sustainable future
Plastics are often associated with a negative environmental impact, but there are ways to use them more sustainably. At Granitol, we are making active efforts to move from a linear economy to a circular economy, thereby significantly supporting sustainability and environmental...
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Drop off old plastic windows at collection points LB Plast s.r.o.
How to get rid of old plastic windows? LB Plast s.r.o. has decided to solve this eternal problem during reconstruction and modernization of buildings in cooperation with its partner Zberné suroviny Žilina a.s. and other companies operating collection...
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PMES Technologies s.r.o. - Precision Japanese technology conquers the European market
Many times in history, Japanese technology has been met with a somewhat cool reaction at first, but time has shown that the idea was ahead of its time. Just think of the automotive world's view of the entry of hybrid technology into the automotive industry. It was the same in the field of plastic...
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In Czech Republic was established the Alliance for promotion of recycling
The Alliance for the Promotion of Recycling (APPR), a non-profit organization focused on strengthening and expanding sustainable recycling practices, announces the start of its official activities on June 16, 2023. The Syba Packaging Institute and the Czech-Slovak initiative ECR are behind...
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GRANITOL: Post Consumer vs. Post Industrial recycled materials
- 13.04.2023
- Plastics recycling
- Recycled plastics
You have most likely come across the abbreviations PCR and PIR in connection with plastics. What do these terms mean? How do they differ from each other and what are their...
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Production of regranulates from technical plastics in VÁŽEME s.r.o.
VÁŽEME s.r.o. produces and sells regranulates from technical plastics. Waste sorting and subsequent recycling of secondary raw materials are currently generally considered to be very beneficial activities for the environment. This is one of the main paths to sustainable development and...
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ORLEN Unipetrol has integrated the REMAQ recycling company into its group and is preparing a comprehensive waste recycling solution
- 11.01.2023
- Plastics recycling
- Recycled plastics
The ORLEN Unipetrol Group continues to meet its strategic development objectives by 2030. Within this framework, it also focuses on the principles of circular economy and permanent sustainability. It develops these by building a broad portfolio of recycling activities, thanks to which it will be...
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Pellenc ST & Ampacet join forces to recycle black PET
Pellenc ST and Ampacet, respectively global leaders in sensor-based sorting solutions and Masterbatch solutions, collaborated on sorting studies to optimize the recyclability of dark PET packaging on existing recycling...
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Help for a recycling company affected by a fire
Two weeks ago, the recycling company RAMEKO s.r.o. Two production halls and one warehouse, including plastic waste in the yard, burned down. The damage is estimated at approximately 300,000 to 400,000...
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New design manual for easier recycling of polystyrene packaging
RecyClass has supported the recyclability of expanded polystyrene (EPS) packaging. She has published a new design manual with instructions for recycling fish boxes and white goods packaging from...
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ELEKTRO RECYCLING s.r.o. - How to get quality recycled plastic from electrical waste?
The company ELEKTRO RECYCLING, s.r.o. deals with the processing of electrical waste and portable batteries, while ensuring the processing and subsequent recovery of all categories of discarded electrical equipment. We process approximately 16,000 tons of electrical waste per year and achieve an...
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Company ARBURG extend the life of plastics
A circular economy only works if all players in the process chain work together – from the material and injection moulding machine manufacturers to the recycler. ARBURG first showed how this could be done at K...
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Let's clean Czech Republic, we don't give up, we set up Rubbish bags
- 18.03.2021
- Plastics recycling
- Events
In less than three weeks, the main date of this year's spring event "Let's Clean the Czech Republic" is scheduled for Saturday, March 27. Cleaning will take place "contactless" and within the permitted areas. Local organizers set up so-called Pytlomats for...
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EF Recycling s.r.o solves environmental burdens caused by plastic and metal waste
- 27.01.2021
- Plastics recycling
- Recycled plastics
EF Recycling s.r.o is a professional company specializing in the purchase and recycling of plastics. The basic goal of the company is to contribute to solving the environmental burden caused specifically by plastic and metal...
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Chemical recycling: Market analysis and trends
The market analysis deals in detail with the chemical recycling of plastic waste: The report identifies the current situation, trends and...
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Plastics saves the future through spiral economy
One of the big and important issues for both industry and individuals is how we can increase sustainability and recycle the material that exists today. One solution is to create new life for previously used material. Scanfill calls it a spiral...
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Turn waste polystyrene into a valuable commodity with INECS
- 18.08.2020
- Plastics recycling
- Recycling technologies
EPS or expanded polystyrene is a thermoplastic with a wide range of applications, e.g. as an insulating material or to protect products during transport. A characteristic that predestines EPS for such use is, in particular, its low bulk density. This is usually between 10 - 30...
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New HDPE material from the ML Polyolefins
- 22.07.2020
- Plastics recycling
- Recycled plastics
- Cost savings
ML Polyolefins has developed a new HDPE blend to meet expectations of the growing and demanding recycling field. The regranulate manufacturer has developed a unique blend for extrusion which is characterised by high stability of technical parameters and...
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LIFOCYCLE - Optimizing the Recycling Process
LifoCycle are recyclable masterbatches for polyesters (rPET - recycled PET) and polyolefins. They are available with both a recycled carrier and a natural polymer. These masterbatches are characterized by the ability to handle large amounts of repeated recycling without significant color...
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Easy handover of old plastic windows at LB Plast s.r.o.
The service life of PVC plastic windows can be estimated at 30 - 40 years. Due to various circumstances such as use of Eurofund projects to reduce the energy intensity of buildings (facade insulation and replacement of windows) or the overall modernization of the building's appearance, old plastic...
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ML Polyolefins presents GRAYFIN PPH30 - dark grey recyclate polymer
- 28.05.2020
- Plastics recycling
- Recycled plastics
The ML company offers a range of GRAYFIN products with MFI up to 30. Dark grey polymer is a response to the customer needs, especially for the manufacturers who are looking for high flow injection polypropylene from post-consumer waste. With the release of this product the company presents a new,...
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