The latest equipment release from Erema combines key steps in the plastics recycling and compounding process to increase efficiency and quality.
Colin Staub is a reporter at Resource Recycling. He can be contacted at [email protected].The latest equipment release from Erema combines key steps in the plastics recycling and compounding process to increase efficiency and quality.
In order to achieve the cleanest possible stream, the Heavy Picker from ZenRobotics maximizes separation of heavy plastics before shredding.
The PC400 plastic crusher from Widesky Machinery provides size reduction for scrap plastics with a focus on beverage containers.
A melt filter entering the U.S. market targets highly contaminated streams and can help processors cut costs.
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A new Tomra system adds laser technology to the sort line, increasing product purity without slowing throughput.
Herbold’s HVT dryer model employs a vertical setup to tackle regrind from PET bottles, hollow bodies, polyolefins and other plastics.
A tailor-made washing line from Georgia-based Lindner reSource America has at its core a combination of shredders and wash components, which ultimately convert post-consumer HDPE milk jugs into usable flake.
Recycled ocean plastic was recently used to create a small batch of “handplanes,” which are tools employed by bodysurfers. The project partners are planning additional, larger production runs.
Various approaches to increasing end market material utilization are detailed in a report featuring interviews with stakeholders across the recycling chain.
The national plastics recycling rate fell slightly from 2014 to 2015, as the country recycled less but generated more of the material, according to the U.S. EPA.