TECHNOLOGY | RECYCLING LINES
HC iV+ PET recycling lines. According to the Austrian equipment manufacturer, the lines have a combined output of 3.2 tonnes of bottle- grade recycled PET pellets per hour, amounting to a total capacity of 25,400 tonnes/yr. The site is being operated under the name DoğaPET and is located close to the Bulgarian border. The company says the bottle-to-bottle process it uses has been approved for food-grade applications
by national and international authorities in Turkey and by brand owners operating in the region. When the facility was first commissioned in
Above: A complete recycling line based on the MRS 110 extruder will be delivered by Gneuss to Cotnyl
products such as thermoformed sheet suitable for food contact, staple fibre, or strapping tapes. The company’s Omni series can also be used in the decontamination of PCR waste to produce direct food contact products such as HDPE bottle caps or milk bottles, coffee caps, and for odour reduction and degassing of various polymers. At K2025, Gneuss will present a MRS 110
extruder, described as the core of the Omni recycling technology. After the show, the complete line will be delivered to Cotnyl, an Argentinian manufacturer specialising in thermoformed plastic packaging. Designed to process 600 kg/h of undried and uncrystallized PET or 400 kg/h of PP, the system will produce high-quality thermoform- ing sheet for food packaging applications. The technology has already been approved for food contact by Argentina’s food safety authority Senasa. In addition to its compact design, the Omni scores highly in terms of flexibility. The fully automated control of vacuum, extruder, dosing, degassing dwell time, and filter exchange, ensures a consistently high quality of the end product while allowing the use of lower cost input materials. Istanbul-based Doğa, which has a significant
presence in the construction sector, has installed a PET bottle recycling facility in Kırklareli, Turkey, which includes two Starlinger RecoStar PET 165
2024, using bottle-grade rPET obtained from mechanical recycling for food applications was not permitted in Turkey. However, in July 2025, the Turkish Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry published a draft regulation to permit the use of recycled plastics in food contact applications, with the aim of aligning Turkey standards with the European Union. The draft regulation allows for both closed-loop mechanical recycling and chemical recycling methods, provided they meet decontamination and safety standards. DoğaPET sources PCR PET bottles within Turkey, relying on private sector collection and sorting, though the government is currently implementing a nation- wide Deposit Return System. Earlier this year, the European Food Safety Authority confirmed the compliance of the decontamination performance of the RecoStar PET Art recycling process in a positive Scientific Opinion. Starlinger first presented the RecoStar PET Art PET bottle-to-bottle recycling system at K2022 as the successor to the well-known RecoStar PET iV+ systems, having the capability to reduce energy consumption per kg by around 25% while increasing throughput. At K2025, Starlinger is presenting its new
RecoStar Dynamic Art recycling line. Optimizing the components of the system, Starlinger says it has
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