PET recycling

NGR at CHINAPLAS: Innovative recycling machines

Iranpolymer/Baspar  NGR builds customized plastic recycling machines and turns waste products into valuable raw materials. Driven by the mission “working for a better future”, NGR works on innovative solutions in the segments post industrial, post consumer and PET recycling. NGR’s…

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Alpla acquires HDPE recycler in Brazil

Iranpolymer/Baspar  Alplarecycling, the recycling division of Austrian packaging manufacturer Alpla, has acquired a majority stake in Clean Bottle, a Brazilian HDPE recycler. As part of the new joint venture, the companies will operate a rHDPE plant in São José dos…

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HERMA expands range of wash-off self-adhesive materials

Iranpolymer/Baspar  According to the EU’s Directive on Single-Use Plastics, a recycled content of 25% should be achieved for single use beverage bottles by 2025 and the bar is even raised to 65% for 2040. Reliable recycling processes that provide high-quality…

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Coperion and Herbold deliver bottle-to-bottle recycling plant to Magpet

Iranpolymer/Baspar For Indian preform and plastic packaging manufacturer Magpet Polymer Pvt Ltd, Coperion and Herbold Meckesheim are collaborating technologies in construction of an entire plant for bottle-to-bottle recycling from a single source. In addition to mechanical processing of used PET bottles, the recycling system encompasses…

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Carbios and Partners Celebrate Groundbreaking for PET Biorecycling Plant

Iranpolymer/Baspar Carbios held a groundbreaking ceremony for its project to construct a PET recycling plant. The plant will use a unique process involving the depolymerization of PET using enzymes. Participants included local authorities, partner brands and industrial partners. Located in Longlaville,…

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Sustainable machine and plant technologies for the Middle East carpet industry

Iranpolymer/Baspar  DOMOTEX Middle East is the leading event for the carpet and flooring industry in the Middle East. It focuses on machine-made carpets, textile carpets, and handmade carpets. Oerlikon’s Polymer Processing Solutions division and its joint venture partner BB Engineering…

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APR responds to plastic can recycling claims

After claims by plastic can manufacturers that their products are recyclable, the Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR; Washington, DC), the international trade organization representing the plastics recycling industry, responded this week that a PET can with a metal lid contaminates…

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