Postindustrial

Postconsumer

Upgrade to Next-Generation of Advanced Plastics Shredder

BCA Industries’ ES2000, also known as “The Beast”, offered with electric power option.

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Postindustrial

Scrap-Reclaim System For Film

Can reprocess 90-110 lb/hr of PE scrap and is fed via a trim basket and/or optional roll feed.  

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Film Extrusion

Fluff Feeder Offers Higher Film-Scrap Capacity, Better Reclaim Efficiency

Feeds granulated film scrap into a stream of virgin material and delivers the mix to extruder.   

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Postindustrial

Top 5 Reasons to Consider a Beside-the-Press Granulator

Learn the factors that can help you determine whether a beside-the-press granulator is best for your plastics processing operation.

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sustainability

New Screen Changer Lets Film Processor Ramp Up Scrap Usage

Retrofitting RSFgenius melt filter enables the German PE film processor Oldenburg to reprocess—rather than resell—production waste.

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Postindustrial

Beside-the-Press Granulators Target Closed-Loop Recycling of Sprues, Runners

Wittmann Battenfeld’s G-Max replaces a gear box and a gear motor with a self-pre-tensioning belt for quieter operation and less maintenance.

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Know-How

Recycling: Expanding 'Circularity' through Advanced Recycling Technologies

Recycling and achieving circularity for materials is at the core of the plastics industry’s evolving sustainable ´óÏó´«Ã½ model. Advanced technologies will play a big role.

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sustainability

Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries Names 2020 Design for Recycling Award Winner

Lexmark received the award specifically for the design of its toner cartridges, of which 95% contain at least some post-consumer recycled (PCR) plastic content.

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Packaging

Merging Sustainability and Innovation at Sealed Air

Ron Cotterman, vice president of innovation and sustainability at Sealed Air, talks about the company’s recent investment in Plastic Energy, an advanced recycling company.

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Thermoforming

Innovative Recycler Sets Sights on PET Thermoforms

Green Impact Plastics becomes first to focus on thermoforms in tray-to-tray recycling venture.

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Process Cooling
Plastics Size Reduction