NEWS Starlinger makes strides in Turkey


Turkish PET recycler Akmert is installing a Starlinger bottle-to-bottle recycling line for its new GSR Granules brand at the company’s rPET facility in Kocaeli, near Istanbul. The RecoStar PET 165 HC iV+ has an output of up to 1,800 kg of bottle- grade rPET pellets per hour and will recycle PET bottles from post-consum- er collection. The rPET resin produced, which is 100% food-contact approved, will be used for bottle production creating a closed loop. Starlinger has also installed a post-consumer HDPE and PP recycling line for Akmert’s compatriots Tanrıkulu, again in Kocaeli Province, which is currently home to ten plastics recycling and manufacturing plants. Featuring Starlinger’s high-vacuum degassing unit, the RecoStar Dynamic 215 C-VAC has a production capacity of two tonnes of high-quality plastic


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pellets per hour and processes post- consumer HDPE and PP bottle flakes. The line is equipped with a Smart feeder which ensures ideal material preparation prior to extrusion as it effectively dries and homogenises it.


recycling lines have been designed with the focus on processing contaminated and highly humid post-consumer plastic waste,” said Paul Niedl, Commercial Head of Starlinger Recycling Technol- ogy. “The elaborate construction of the SMART feeder allows the recycling of materials with higher levels of humidity. In combination with Starlinger’s dynamic automation package which regulates the ideal operating point, it achieves a significant output increase.” Tanrıkulu supplies the regranulate to various members of the Turkish plastic product manufacturing industry. While the recycled PP is used mainly to produce automotive parts, furniture, toys, and other injection moulded products, the recycled PE is used for pipes, bottles, plastic bags, and similar products. � www.starlinger.com


Revalyu plans rPET investment


PET recycler Revalyu says it plans to invest $50m during the initial phase of its strategic expansion at its first facility in the US. The new plant will be


located in Statesboro, Georgia, where ground- breaking will take place in the first half of 2023 and commissioning is planned


to happen in 2024. Upon completion of the first phase, the plant will be able to recycle and process over 102 tonnes per day of used PET waste into PET polymers and rPET chips. After further expansion, the plant will have a capacity of up to 204 tonnes. Revalyu says process uses


91% less energy and 67% less water than conventional polyester processes. It extracts impurities and delivers rPET of what the company says is the highest purity. The company says it has


already recycled over six billion bottles. � www.revalyu.com


Sulzer acquires stake in Fuenix


Sulzer Chemtech has signed an agreement with Fuenix Ecogy, based in the Nether- lands, to acquire a strategic stake in its chemical recycling business, which converts sorted end-of-life mixed plastic waste into feedstock.


Sulzer said: “With this www.plasticsrecyclingworld.com


strategic investment, Sulzer is sharing its leading technical expertise to support the scale up and commercialisation of a cutting-edge pyrolysis technology. The agreement also expands Sulzer Chemtech’s technology licensing portfolio for


polymer processing, in line with its overarching mission to help industry adopt more sustainable practices.” It said that as the exclu- sive licensor of the Fuenix pyrolysis technology, it will be able to offer complete as well as partial recycling lines. � www.sulzer.com


Rebrand for PET tray recycler


Thermoformed packaging producer Faerch has announced a rebranding of its subsidiary 4PET Recycling into CIRREC. At its site in Duiven, CIRREC recycles 24,000 tpa of post-consumer pots, tubs and trays to produce food grade rPET.


CIRREC has started scaling its tray-to-tray recycling capabilities into additional countries in Europe and has ordered two additional tray wash lines, quadrupling the output capacity to more than 5 billion food trays annually by 2025. � www.cirrec.nl


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