news PEF gets interim OK in PET stream
Synvina, the joint venture between BASF and Avantium, has received interim approval from the European PET Bottle Platform for the recyclability of polyethylenefuranoate (PEF) in the European bottle recycling market. The interim approval
applies to a PEF market penetration of up to 2%. This opens the way for PEF bottles to be handled through existing PET bottle recovery systems. PEF is a bio-based polymer whose main building block is furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA). Avantium says that because
A pilot PEF plant is being built at BASF’s facility in Geleen, Netherlands
Geleen, Netherlands. The approval of 2% market penetration corresponds to the amount of PEF that could be produced from Synvina’s planned production of 50,000 tpa of FDCA at Geleen. Synvina said PEF quantities
PEF is a polyester similar to PET, it can be added to the PET stream in small quantities without an impact on material quality.
A reference plant using
Avantium’s YXY process for producing FDCA from indus- trial sugars is being built by Synvina at BASF’s facility in
in the European packaging market are expected to exceed the 2% market share in the medium term. So Synvina has, in addition to the PET approval, been working with recyclers and brand owners to develop a dedicated recycling stream for PEF bottles in Europe. ❙
www.synvina.eu
France approves Reclay’s packaging scheme
Reclay Group, based in Germany, has received approval from the French Ministry of the Environment for a take-back and recycling scheme for packaging, called Léko. The scheme will start on 1 January 2018. Reclay’s French subsidiary
Valorie SAS is the primary initiator and joint-founder of the scheme, which it says is supported by 650 companies
representing over 20% of the market. Raffael Fruscio, Managing
Partner of the Reclay Group, said: “Léko is the only new scheme which received approval. With it, we’re breaking up old, fossilised structures in France, and offering obligated companies from trade and industry an alternative to the previous system for the first time.”
In 2012, the French
government set a 75% recycling target for packaging waste, but this has not been reached, according to Reclay, due to the “complex and expensive” nature of the existing take-back system. Reclay said it has been
working with trade and industry, local authorities, recyclers, associations and consumers in France towards
Erema boosts annual sales
Erema Group reported a 5% annual increase in consoli- dated sales to reach €138m in the 2016/17 financial year. The plastic recycling systems manufacturer said two new subsidiaries had performed well.
The Pure Loop subsidiary ended the financial year with turnover of €4.5m. The Umac
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subsidiary which sells used recycling systems and components, had turnover of €1.5m, only one year after it was founded. “A key success factor in the
positive turnover result in the previous financial year is without doubt the relentless innovative spirit within the Erema Group,” said CEO
PLASTICS RECYCLING WORLD | June 2017 Manfred Hackl. He said that the outlook for
the group also is positive, as there was a “very good order intake” in the months at the start of the 2017/18 financial year. ❙
www.erema.com
Right: Erema CEO Manfred Hackl
www.plasticsrecyclingworld.com
“simplifying and modernising” the French recycling system. Meanwhile, Reclay has
extended its plastics waste trading activities in eastern Europe with the takeover of the company Trans Impeks which has its headquarters in Koper, Slovenia. Export of plastics from Slovenia will be organ- ised in the future through Reclay’s new company. ❙
www.reclay-group.com
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