NEWS
Erema and Lindner team up
Erema Group and Lindner Holding have jointly founded BlueOne Solutions, which aims to leverage both companies’ expertise and execute research projects to create new industry standards in plastics recycling. The 50/50 enterprise hopes to combine the know-how and experience of Lindner Washtech with that of extruder manufacturer Erema to adjust and optimise processes and conduct joint research projects.
Michael Lackner, Managing Director of Lindner, said waste streams can be recycled at optimal levels “if the processes between the individual recycling steps are perfectly adjusted” and this is expected to result in an increase in efficiency and quality optimisation. �
www.lindner-group.com �
www.erema.com
Fortum considers sale of recycling business
Nordic energy and waste management company Fortum says it is conducting a review of its portfolio and assessing strategic options, including potential divest- ment of its Circular Solu- tions businesses which include plastics recycling operations. It was revealed by Fortum earlier this year that these segments were not part of its long-term strategy, which will shift focus to delivering clean energy and driving decar- bonisation. The Circular Solutions businesses employ approxi- mately 1,300 people mainly located in Finland, Sweden and Denmark and they had a collective EBITDA of around €70m in 2022. They are responsible for operat- ing, maintaining and developing Fortum’s recycling and waste assets, as well as turbine and generator services and bio-based solutions. One of these businesses, Recycling
A highchair from Kaos is made from Fortum’s Circo reinforced rPP compound
& Waste, provides waste management services and recycled materials to industrial and municipal customers. The company’s products
include Fortum Circo compounds comprising PCR PP containing cellulose fibre or talc. Its assets include waste-to-energy plants for municipal solid and indus- trial waste treatment and energy production, and various recycling facilities. Fortum expects the strategic assessment to take approxi-
mately a year with no transactions planned to date. n Norwegian children’s product company Kaos has launched a highchair made of Fortum’s Circo compound material, which consists of PCR PP reinforced with cellulose fibre. The opti- mised material fulfils the requirements of the EN 71-3 toy safety standard, which regulates the chemical composition of products that come into contact with children. �
www.fortum.com
Handover of Indonesian waste project
Project Stop Jembrana, which was funded by the Alliance to End Plastic Waste, is being handed over to local government in Indonesia. Since it started in 2019, the project has offered waste collection services
to more than 124,800 people in Bali, Indonesia and is both sorting waste for recycling and composting waste at its material processing facility. The MRF has a capacity of 50 tonnes per day of post-consumer organics and inorganic waste. The project created 86 permanent jobs, and has collected over 12,959 tonnes of waste, including 1,528 tonnes of plastic. Co-founded by Borealis and Systemiq in 2017, Project Stop aims to limit
environmental damage by creating comprehensive, economically sustain- able waste management systems in areas of high plastic leakage and low waste collection coverage. �
www.borealisgroup.com
4 PLASTICS RECYCLING WORLD | September 2023
www.plasticsrecyclingworld.com
IMAGE: PROJECT STOP
IMAGE: KAOS
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