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England set for bottle deposit scheme


The UK government is planning to introduce a deposit return scheme for single use drinks containers in England later this year. The scheme would cover plastic, glass and metal containers, although plastic bottles are the main target following a public and media backlash against plastic waste in recent months. Environment Secretary Michael Gove said in the announcement: “We can be in no doubt that plastic is wreaking havoc on our marine environment – killing dolphins, choking turtles


and degrading our most precious habitats. It is absolutely vital we act now to tackle this threat and curb the millions of plastic bottles a day that go unrecycled.” A consultation process will consider the details of how a deposit scheme would work in England (there are separate plans for deposit schemes in Wales and Scotland). The UK is using the example of similar schemes in EU countries including Denmark, Sweden and Germany. The announcement said: “A deposit return scheme


sees consumers pay an up-front deposit when they buy a drink, ranging from 8p in Sweden to 22p in Germany, which is redeemed on return of the empty drink container. Possible variants of a deposit return scheme include cash rewards for returning drinks containers without an upfront deposit.” One possibility being


considered for the scheme in England is to create a network of reverse vending machines, where consumers receive a payment voucher when they return waste


Sales rise for Erema in edge trim


Erema said sales of its Intarema K system for recycling film edge trim doubled in the 2017/18 financial year. By the end of March, more than 40 of the systems were shipped to films manufacturers within 12 months, said the Austrian technology group. Erema customers are


concentrating more on the recycling of clean edge trim due to the increasing demand for high-quality film products and the associated expansion of production capacities, according to Andreas Dirnberger, Business Development Manager. The polymer accounts for around 80% cent of the manufacturing costs of flexible packaging. “If you consider the usual edge trim figure of around


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10% in blown film manufac- turing, recycling is a must-have in terms of cost efficiency,” he said. Edge trim can be


transferred directly from the blown film plant, without pre-shredding, to make high-quality recyclates. The Intarema K can be used for clean production waste, such as PE mono or multi- layer films, PE films with PP, PA, EVOH or EVA or also


Intarema K system in operation at Coveris Flexibles


breathable films such as PE with calcium carbonate. Blown film machinery


maker Hosokawa Alpine has an Intarema K installed at its technical centre, due to its reliability and fully automat- ic operation Erema said. The group also cited Coveris Flexibles Austria as a customer that has used Intarema K for many years to recycle edge trim. � www.erema-group.com


Tomra’s reverse vending technology is used in many countries


containers. Some EU countries use the reverse vending technology of Swedish company Tomra. � www.gov.uk


Andritz sales drop


in 2017 Andritz Group experi- enced a 2.5% fall in its sales to €5.89bn in 2017, although the decline was not due to the perfor- mance of its separation business that serves plastics recyclers. The group’s sales total


was affected by a 9.7% drop in sales in its Hydro business area as a result of a declining order intake in 2016. The group’s 2017


order intake amounted to €5.58bn and was at a similar level as the previous year. Andritz Separation increased its order intake. � www.andritz.com


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