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NGR S:Gran recycling technology
Contact lens recycling
NGR seals deals with large US recyclers
Austrian plastics recycling machinery group NGR has revealed orders from major customers in the US. Sigma Plastics Group, one of the largest film extruders in North America, has installed four new NGR recy- cling lines. The four S:Gran 125 machines will reprocess over 4m lb per month of film scrap from Sigma’s in-house film production. NGR said Sigma has made an investment
of nearly $3m in the recycling lines which will be installed at Sigma plants in Pompano Beach, FL, Spartanburg, SC, Jacksonville, FL and Nashville, TN. As the largest single customer of NGR, the Sigma Group has over 40 NGR recycling machines operating at plants in the US and Canada.
BritAS opens
test centre
Melt filtration specialist BritAS has opened a new test centre at its facility in Hanau, Germany. The BritAS test centre is equipped with ABMF- 0750-09 and ABMF- 0750-09-C filters, a NGR C-Gran 85-110 VV HD line with a throughput of up to 420 kg/h, a hot die face pelletiser and the BritAS Gas Control GK 1500. �
www.britas.de
6 Green Line Polymers has also installed
the largest NGR recycling machine ever built, said the Austrian group. The technol- ogy is capable of recycling more than 4,000 lb per hour of plastics scrap materials in a variety of forms. It will recycle high volumes of post-industrial PE scrap materials. Green Line is the recycling subsidiary of
pipe producer Advanced Drainage Systems. The recycled material will be used in the production of the next generation of ADS corrugated piping products and water management systems. �
www.ngr.at �
www.sigmaplasticsgroup.com �
www.greenlinepolymers.com
success Bausch + Lomb’s One by One Recycling Program in the US has recycled 2.5 million used contact lenses, blister packs and top foil since its launch in November 2016, the company said. With its recycling partner TerraCy- cle, Bausch + Lomb has saved more than 14,000 lb of waste in the program. The scheme is avail-
able to optometry practic- es and their patients across the US. Collection is made easy with the use of recycling bins and free shipping of the waste. Patients can also
participate directly by visiting the program’s website and printing a complimentary mailing label. �
www.bausch.com
OECD reports on imbalances
Governments need to act to encourage plastic recycling markets, according to a new report form the OECD global organisation. The report “Improving Markets for Recycled Plastics” says plastic recycling is failing to reach its full potential as market growth is being held back by low recovery rates of plastic waste, poor quality of recycled plastic and a lack of price incentives. The report highlights imbalances in plastics recycling collection, legislation and markets
PLASTICS RECYCLING WORLD | May/June 2018
for better design of plastic goods to ensure easy recycling, investment in waste collection infrastruc- ture and ensuring that differ- ent types of plastic are properly separated at source.
It also recommends the
around world, and virgin polymers’ advantage in pricing and quality versus recyclate. Remedies could include stronger incentives
introduction of product labels showing recycled content to help create consumer-driven demand for recycled plastics. In some sectors, required levels of recycled content in goods could be set. �
www.oecd.org
www.plasticsrecyclingworld.com
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