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Henkel installs lab unit


Impression of how Röchling Industrial’s expanded site will look


Röchling Industrial to expand German site


Semi-finished products manufacturer Röchling Industrial is investing almost €10m in an expansion of its Sustainability Centre in Geeste-Dalum, Germany. Polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) are primarily recycled at the facility.


Since 2021, offcuts from customers and the com- pany’s own production have been returned to the Geeste-Dalum facility where the material is cleaned,


sorted, and processed into new raw materials. These are then reprocessed into high-quality semi-finished technical plastic products and eventually sold in the Röchling-ReLoop product family. “Thermoplastics are ideal for mechanical reprocess- ing,” said Wilhelm Korte- Dirxen, COO of Röchling. “Together with our custom- ers, we systematically close value loops and conserve valuable fossil resources.”


In addition to the sorting


plant, several new shredders as well as grinding and production plants will be purchased. A modern office building and a new produc- tion hall will also be built, both equipped with photovoltaic systems to use electricity from renewable energies. The expansion, covering


a floor area of more than 7,000 m², is expected to be completed by 2027. � www.roechling.com


US Plastics Pact report is updated


The US Plastics Pact has released an updated report detailing ongoing action to eliminate “problematic and unnecessary materials” from the plastics value chain. Activators will take


measures to eliminate additional items on the list, which now includes: foamed PET when it interferes with sortation and density requirements per the APR Design Guide; multi-materi-


al rigid plastic packaging that does not comply with the US Plastics Pact Design for Circularity Playbooks; and non-compostable produce stickers. � https://usplasticspact.org


Consumer products group Henkel has installed a Tomra Autosort detection system in its laboratory to ascertain whether packaging has the right properties for easy sorting and recycling before it is launched. The scanner is equipped with a NIR and a VIS sensor meaning the device not only detects the product material type, but also the colour of the packaging, which can be decisive for sortability. Volker Rehrmann, EVP


and Head of Tomra Recycling, said sorting is an essential step in packaging recycling. “At Tomra, we know how product packaging needs to be designed so that modern sorting technolo- gies can recognise it clearly, and we have made it our mission to share this knowledge.” He said that a function-


ing circular economy is only possible if everyone involved in the value chain works together. � www.tomra.com � www.henkel.com


Ganesha Ecopet boosts capacity in India


PET recycler Ganesha Ecopet in India, which says it aims to recycle 25% of the country’s PET bottle waste by 2026, has boosted its bottle-to-bottle recycling capacities to 42,000 tonnes/yr with the addition of two new lines. The Star- linger RecoStar PET 165 HC iV+ recycling lines are set up at the


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company’s facility in Warangal, Telangana State, and have been in operation since the middle of the year. The upgrade is, in part, a response to the Indian government’s introduc- tion of Extended Producer Responsibil- ity for importers, brand owners, and plastic waste processors, under its


PLASTICS RECYCLING WORLD | September 2024


Plastic Waste Management (Amend- ment) Rules. The rules stipulate that brand owners and producers must include a 30% share of PCR content in PET bottles by 2025, gradually increas- ing to 60% by 2029. � https://ganeshaecosphere.com � www.starlinger.com


www.plasticsrecyclingworld.com


IMAGE: RÖCHLING


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