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Plastic Bottles Shredder in Plastic Bottles Recycling
As one of the biggest countries of plastic consumption, China used to import most of the recyclable waste and recycled them. With the development of economic and the awareness of protecting environment, China government issued a ban of importing foreign waste in July of 2017, which came into force at the end of 2017. The ban list includes waste plastic, unsorted waste paper, waste textile raw ...
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Plastic Shredding Crusher Machine in Europe
Area: European Capacity: 4-5TPH Application: Shredding and Recycling Waste Plastic Completion Date: March 2019 Plastic waste such as PVC, HDPE, PET bottles and other waste plastic pipes are a serious problem for the city and are potentially harmful, so it is necessary to shred them for reuse. A European plastic waste reuse company said after using GEP's shredder that they were impressed by GEP's ...
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What are the waste plastic recycling technologies?
According to statistics, there are more than 300 types of plastics, with various types and different performances and uses. Although various plastics have great differences in performance, they can all be recycled. The recycling technologies of waste plastics mainly include the following types: 1. Energy recovery technology (1) Heat energy recovery. This is the easiest way to recycle, which is ...
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Plastic waste problem is real, so is the solution
Rolling Stone magazine this week published an article called “Planet Plastic,” focused on the problem of plastic waste. The American Chemistry Council issued the following statement, which may be attributed to Keith Christman, ACC’s managing director of plastics markets: “Rolling Stone’s recent article “Planet Plastic” tells an important story in a ...
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Another Happy PEL Waste Reduction Equipment Customer....
PEL Waste Reduction Equipment supply glass bottle crushers, waste cardboard and plastics balers and bin compactors to the CARLSON REZIDOR HOTEL GROUP - here is some feedback from the ...
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Axion’s research reveals ‘good’ potential for automatic sorting of waste plastic food contact packaging
Automatic sorting systems designed to boost the recycled content of plastic food packaging could be available within a few years, claims resource recovery specialist Axion Consulting. Following its technical research undertaken for WRAP, Axion says major breakthroughs in sorting technologies could increase the recycling of an estimated 180,000 tonnes of waste polypropylene (PP) pots, tubs and ...
By Axion Group
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Depackaging Down Under
Rowan engineering recently completed one of their largest ever orders and delivered 7 brand new machines to various customers across Australia. The machines will be used to depackage food waste that would have otherwise been destined for land fill. The Dominator depackaging machine is sold exclusively through our Australasian agents CEA Equipment. Municiple waste solutions ...
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Plastics recycling: overcoming barriers and creating new opportunities
The production of plastics is increasing, but our use of the material is not sustainable. A recent study provides an overview of challenges and opportunities for recycling plastics and suggests that it could be possible to stop the majority of plastic waste reaching landfill over the next few decades. Around 4 per cent of petroleum is used directly in the manufacture of plastics each year. A ...
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A Sea of Opportunities
This was the message at a webinar held by NOSCA Clean Oceans on 26 April. An audience of some 40 members followed the online event from Norway, and on the other side of the world were five representatives from Innovation Norway ready to brief on the situation in South East Asia. Marine plastic is an “ownerless” problem where crucial information is not readily available. Hence, ...
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Taylor made washing lines for wet recycling of plastics by NEUE HERBOLD
NEUE HERBOLD Maschinen- und Anlagenbau GmbH, located in Sinsheim/Germany manufactures and sells complete washing lines for the recycling of plastics waste. Prior to re-pelletizing the plastic waste must be size reduced, washed and if necessary foreign materials separated. NEUE HERBOLD washing lines, produce granules or flakes with a high quality even at today's required outputs. Materials which ...
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Recycling waste packages in Japan. Construction waste recovery - Mariusz Grabda
Dr. Eng. Mariusz Grabda is an Assistant Professor at Institute of Environmental Engineering of Polish Academy of Sciences, and currently a post-doc fellow in the Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials of Tohoku University in Japan. His primary research concerned on utilization of geothermal heat and natural utilization of sewage sludge. In recent years, his ...
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Industry calls on plastic bottle exports to be reviewed
Leading industry figures have called for restrictions to be put on exporting plastic bottles to the Far East, saying the European shortage is “getting critical” for some facilities. European Plastics Recyclers (EuPR) believe the recycling of PET bottles is “too tight” and that due to exchange rates, a longer winter, the bottles’ weight reduction and the increased ...
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Evian Unveils Refillable Device in Bid to Slash Plastic Waste
French bottled water company Evian is set to begin trials of a new refillable in-home water appliance next month, in a bid to gauge consumer appetite for lower-plastic alternatives to single-use bottles. Called the Evian re-new, the device consists of a rigid plastic base and a collapsible five-litre “bubble” container, which houses the product refill. The container is made of 100% ...
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Coca-cola enterprises joint venture set to step change plastics recycling in Great Britain
Coca-Cola Enterprises Ltd (CCE) today announces a joint venture with ECO Plastics to develop a new purpose-built recycling facility in Lincolnshire. The deal marks a step change in the GB plastic reprocessing industry. Around 35,000 tonnes of PET bottles were reprocessed in GB last year. The new facility will increase this total to more than 75,000 tonnes when it is fully operational - more ...
By 3BL Media
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Iceland trials plastic bottle return scheme
Iceland has become the first UK supermarket to install a ‘reverse vending machine’ for customers wishing to recycle their plastic bottles in exchange for cash vouchers. The move is a show of support for the government’s recently announced plans for a deposit return scheme across England as it looks to tackle the growing volume of plastic waste littering the environment. ...
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Plastic recycling
Plastics have become an integral part of our lives. Plastic constitutes about 12% of Municipal solid wastes generated in USA,a sharp increase from just 1% in 1960 to the current level. Increasing usage of plastics have created environmental issues such as increased energy and water usage, emission of greenhouse gases and finally waste disposal and health issues. Many countries are now trying to ...
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More plastics recycling a key focus in 2012, predicts UK-based Axion Consulting
Increasing UK plastics recycling tonnages will be a key focus for 2012 as the sector continues to extend pioneering work done on PET and HDPE bottles recycling, predicts Keith Freegard, Director of Axion Consulting, one of the UK’s leading resource and recovery specialists. With UK plastic bottle recycling rates nudging 50% for drink and dairy bottles, Keith believes that further ...
By Axion Group
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WRAP funds mixed plastics facility
Construction of a new 20,000 tonnes per year capacity mixed plastics facility is to be funded by the Waste & Resources Action Programme. Redcar-based waste firm Greenstar WES received the grant to reprocess non-bottle household plastic packaging waste in January this year, after successfully entering a £2M capital grant competition launched by WRAP in June 2009. (see MRW story) Now, 20,000 ...
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Axion welcomes ‘all-in’ Deposit Return Scheme proposal
Proposals for an ‘all-in’ deposit return scheme (DRS) for drinks containers have been welcomed by Axion as a positive move to encourage people to recycle more and associate a value with waste plastic and other materials. Including cans and bottles made from plastics, aluminium, steel and glass would also help to increase capture of ‘recycling on the go’ materials, ...
By Axion Group
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Lincoln-Sudbury (Mass.) High Schoolers Recognized by President Obama and EPA
A group of students at Lincoln-Sudbury High in Sudbury, Mass. was recently awarded a “President’s Environmental Youth Award,” given jointly by the White House Council on Environmental Quality and the US Environmental Protection Agency. Students in the Environmental Club - Savannah Snell, Michael Bader, Brianna Bisson, Grace Chin, and Clara Cousins – were recognized for ...
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