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Recycled plastics data record is launched
The PolyREC initiative has started the RecoTrace data system to record European recycled plastics data. The system will enable PolyREC to report on the progress of the European plastics value chain towards meeting the Circular Plastics Alliance target of 10m tonnes of recycled plastics use by 2025. PolyREC said that companies can register to use the RecoTrace system here:
https://recotrace.com/ auth/login Ton Emans, President of
Plastics Recyclers Europe, said: “PolyREC is calling on all plastic recyclers and converters to register their recycled plastic data into RecoTrace and, in doing so, ensure transparency of the circular movement of European polymers. Understanding the size and dynamics of the European recycled plastics market will help inform future legislation and investment decisions that accelerate the transition to a circular economy.” RecoTrace provides
recyclers and converters
with a free-to-use online platform to track progress against individual pledges to produce or use recycled content and helping to demonstrate commitment towards circularity. The system builds on the
data collection experience and expertise of Recovinyl which tracks PVC recycling data in Europe. In RecoTrace, the Recovinyl system has been expanded to include all main polymers: polyole- fins, PET, PVC, PS, EPS, XPS, PA, ABS and PC. �
www.polyrec.eu
Averda gets investment loan
International Development Finance Corp (DFC) in the US has approved a $45m investment loan to waste management group Averda for plastics recycling facilities in Africa and India.
Averda’s CEO Malek
Sukkar said the investment support will accelerate the company’s plans to build plastics recycling capacity in markets which need it most. DFC included these
Averda projects in the latest round of quarterly invest- ments which total more than $1.1bn it is investing towards innovative development projects around the world. �
www.averda.com
RecyClass issues PS
protocol The RecyClass initiative in Europe has published its Recyclability Evaluation Protocol for Polystyrene Containers, covering post-consumer PS pots used for yogurt and other types of food and bever- age product. The protocol aims to
guarantee the mechanical recyclability of PS packag- ing, while maintaining protection properties, ensuring PS recycling process efficiency, and also to encourage innovation. RecyClass said the document details labora- tory testing methodology and represents as accu- rately as possible how the PS mechanical recycling process should work at an industrial scale to allow PS containers to get recycled into applications which have a higher value. �
https://recyclass.eu
Tetra Pak invests in four recycling projects
Tetra Pak has co-invested €11.5m with recyclers and industry players in carton recycling projects in Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Ukraine and Australia. The projects will be able to process up to an additional 45,000 tonnes of used carton packages, which the company says will increase global carton package recycling to more than 50bn cartons per year. In Turkey, Tetra Pak and
Kahramanmaraş Paper opened a €4m plant in 2021
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is a partner in the RIYcycle project with recycling companies, Obeikan Paper Industries and Saudi Top Plastic Factory (pictured). The project includes a plant to produce PolyAl with a capacity of around 4,000 tonnes per year. In Ukraine, Zmievskaya
which enables the recycling of all components of Tetra Pak cartons, with an annual recycling capacity of 18,000 tonnes of cartons. The PE
PLASTICS RECYCLING WORLD | January/February 2022
and aluminium components are reprocessed into a hybrid material called Polyal used for durable items. In Saudi Arabia, Tetra Pak
Paper Factory, in a project with Tetra Pak, will add a 4,000 tpa PolyAl plant to its carton fibre recycling operation. �
www.tetrapak.com
www.plasticsrecyclingworld.com
IMAGE: TETRA PAK
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