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PureCycle has released new data from a third-party baseline LCA study showing its planned PP waste purification plant at the port of Antwerp in Belgium is expected to use 86% less energy, reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 61%, and reduce fossil-based resource usage by 64% when compared to global virgin PP production. www.purecycle.com


Turkish recycler Tanrıkulu has commissioned a second Starlinger RecoStar PET 215 iV+ bottle-to-bottle recycling system for its post-con- sumer PET processing plant in Akyazı, Sakarya Province. The system processes post-consumer PET bottle flakes and has a production output of 2.4 tonnes per hour. www.tanrikulu.com.tr www.starlinger.com


Plastic Collective is to receive funding through a $100m bond issued by The World Bank for two plastic waste collection and recycling projects in Ghana and Indonesia. The selected projects aim to reduce and recycle waste in vulnerable communities. www.plasticcollective.co


Coperion develops single- step recompounding line


Coperion has introduced the ZSK FilCo filtration compounder for the recycling of post-consumer recyclate (PCR), or any highly contaminated polymer, which allows filtration and compounding in a single step. In conventional recycling


plants, PCR and contami- nated polymers must first be melted using a single or twin screw extruder, then filtered and then fed into a separate twin screw extrud- er where they are com- pounded with the aid of additives, reinforcing materials, and fillers. This conventional two-


stage process requires a lot of energy and the recyclate is subjected to high thermal stress. Coperion says the new


ZSK FilCo makes it possible to melt, filter, compound and pelletise recyclate in a single production system. Waste plastic is fed into the extruder in the form of regrind, fibre pellets, film flakes, or agglomerate, and is melted, homogenised, and devolatilised before being fed through an integrated filter that removes contami- nants and reintroduced into the same ZSK extruder for


The ZSK FilCo filtration compounder


IMAGE: COPERION


additives to be dosed. Marina Matta, Team


Leader Process Technology Recycling at Coperion, said: “The ZSK FilCo’s excellent energy economy and the high end product quality that it achieves are impor- tant benefits that will once again make PCR and polymer recycling a bit more attractive for many companies.” � www.coperion.com


New Fraunhofer IVV plant


The Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging IVV has com- menced operation of a large scale solvent-based plastics recycling development plant, with the first undertak- ing being the production of


a plasticiser-free PVC recyclate within the EU Circular Flooring project. Fraunhofer IVV said the


ATEX compliant (explosion- proof) plant can run production campaigns ranging from 100 to 1,000


kg, with the materials extruded into recycled pellets with degassing extruders after undergoing a process including dissolv- ing, filtering, precipitation, drying and solvent recovery. � www.ivv.fraunhofer.de


Project recycles uncured composites scrap


A consortium of companies led by Ger- man plastics centre SKZ has begun a three-year project funded by the Bavarian Collaborative Research Program (BayVFP) to produce bicycle pedals from composite material scraps. Fibre-reinforced plastics, especially


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carbon fabrics impregnated with epoxy resin, are often used in the aerospace, automotive, and sports industries, as they are characterised by good mechanical properties combined with low weight. However, up to 35% of uncured


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material is cut away from semi-finished products and usually has to be disposed of as industrial waste. Current recycling approaches are energy-intensive and expensive, and therefore not suitable for a comprehensive recycling concept. � www.skz.de


www.plasticsrecyclingworld.com


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