packaging sorting technology News
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Lindner at IFAT 2022: Be A Waste Transformer
This year, Austrian recycling pioneer Lindner is highlighting once more the importance of the Circular Economy. Over its many decades, Lindner has developed, produced and installed countless shredders and system solutions – both mobile and stationary – to efficiently process various waste streams. Now more than ever, the focus is on energy efficiency, productivity and the economically ...
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Redwave Equips Plastics Sorting Plant
Gleisdorf, Austria-based Redwave has supplied automated sorting equipment to a plastics recycling plant operated by recycling firm Saubermacher Dienstleistungs AG. The plant in Graz, Austria, has undergone €10 million ($11.7 million) in expansion projects in the last several years. Saubermacher estimate the Graz facility is now the largest plastic sorting plant in Austria. Saubermacher ...
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Upgrade to Zero Waste
On 21 June 2018, che ceremonial opening of the sorting plant took place in the presence of Mayor Siegfried Nagl. It included a blessing from the parish priest, Christian Leibnitz. This expansion will make the Graz plant the largest plastic sorting plant in Austria. Saubermacher sorts the material on behalf of AltstofT Recycling Austria (ARA). Most of the packaging waste comes from households and ...
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Mattress Waste Management Technology Introduced to Asia Market
Mattress waste is a kind of bulky waste that is not easy to deal with. Generally mattress is made of cloth, sponge, metal spring, wood and other materials. As mattress is an essential item for every family, a great deal of mattress waste is produced every day to the city. How to turn such massive mattress waste into valuable items? European countries have many years of mattress waste management ...
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Axion: Laying down markers for plastic packaging recycling
New developments in marker technologies for sorting plastic packaging should not be viewed as ‘the answer’ to increasing recycling rates, however they could be valuable in other ways leading to higher quality and value in recycling, suggests Axion Consulting. While methods to detect different polymer types, such as fluorescent pigments and digital watermarks, offer exciting potential ...
By Axion Group
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REFLEX project helps drive development of recycling options for flexible packaging
The results of significant research to enable further developments towards establishing recycling options for flexible plastic packaging delivered by the two-year REFLEX R&D project were unveiled at the K Show in October 2016. The project is a collaboration of the whole value chain, from polymer production, packaging manufacturers, global brand owners, to waste management and ...
By Axion Group
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‘Significant’ progress in REFLEX flexible packaging recyclability project
Significant progress has been made in trialling and developing new designs aimed at greatly improving the recyclability of flexible packaging, according to resource recovery specialist Axion Consulting, which is leading a collaborative R&D project involving high-profile global brands. Axion is working with a number of partners on the REFLEX project; Amcor Ltd, Dow Chemical Company Ltd, ...
By Axion Group
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US Recycled Plastics Industry
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: US Recycled Plastics Industry http://www.reportlinker.com/p01050292/US-Recycled-Plastics-Industry.html#utm_source=prnewswire&utm_medium=pr&utm_campaign=Plastic US demand to rise 5.9% annually through 2016 US demand for post-consumer recycled plastics is forecast to rise 5.9 percent per year to ...
By ReportLinker
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GreenBlue releases a road map for establishing more effective material recovery systems in the US
Recognizing the limitations of the US waste management system, where only about one third of all municipal solid waste is recovered by recycling or composting, GreenBlue® has released a report that assesses a variety of material recovery systems around the world in order to inform US policies and approaches. Closing the Loop: Road Map for Effective Material Value Recovery provides a detailed ...
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Degradable Additives Provide Poor End-of-Life Option for PET Packaging, Says NAPCOR
The National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR) today reiterated its position on degradable additives, confirming its opposition to their use in all PET packaging. The PET trade organization had previously urged caution in the use of these additives (May 2009), citing lack of data about potential effects on PET recycling. NAPCOR’s decision to ...
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