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Starlinger’s odour reduction technology makes final at the Plastics Recycling Awards
New figures from Pregis show demand for green packaging is increasing
The plastics industry eagerly anticipates the Plastics Recycling Show Europe (PRSE), where the most remarkable products and achievements in the field will be honoured with an award on April 25, 2018. The Plastics Recycling Awards Europe will be awarded for the first time this year with the intention to emphasise the important role of recycled materials. Austrian Starlinger is proud to be among the finalists in the category ‘Best Technology Innovation in Plastics Recycling’ with its technology for the reduction of unpleasant odours during the recycling process. This technology, which was first presented at K show in 2016, turns smelly material like detergent bottles into odour-reduced pellets that meet even highest quality standards. Starlinger’s method works without the use of additives; the smell is not just masked, but permanently removed through eliminating the substances causing it. The procedure consists of three steps: material preparation in the SMART feeder, highly efficient degassing with the C-VAC module, and finally, optimisation in the Smell Extraction Unit. Smell the difference between input material and odour-reduced pellets in
the product feature area at PRSE on April 24 – 25, 2018, RAI Amsterdam, and visit Starlinger recycling technology on Booth B8.
Pregis, supplier of Easypack, the UK’s leading brand of eco-friendly packaging solutions, has announced that increases in customer orders for green packaging in 2017 has led to a record number of 121,646 new trees being saved during the 12 month period, an increase of around 10 per cent on the previous year. Easypack’s solutions produce 100 per cent recycled, 100 per cent
recyclable and 100 per cent biodegradable paper packaging, which not only helps to protect the environment, it also prevents in-transit breakages and requires less in-the-box packaging which reduces costs. The number of new trees saved is calculated each year from guidelines of 17 new trees saved per tonne of 100 per cent recycled paper used. Easypack customers are presented with an annual Sustainable Packaging
Certificate in recognition of their efforts to pack and ship goods sustainably. The certificates show the number of trees that their business protected during the year, allowing them to share their green achievements with their customers, staff and stakeholders. The need to find more eco-friendly packaging solutions is an important
driver for businesses globally. Consumers are becoming increasingly aware of the damage that plastics and other non-biodegradable products are having on the environment, leading them to source more eco-friendly alternatives. Pregis is committed to developing sustainable solutions that optimise packaging processes, reduce costs and minimise environmental impact.
Celebrating community and economic development at Cortec Advanced Films ribbon-cutting ceremony
The Cortec Advanced Films (CAF) ribbon-cutting ceremony on March 2, 2018, was marked by excitement and mutual appreciation between Cortec Corporation and the city of Cambridge, Minnesota. Cortec has been working side by side with local city government and businesses throughout the year to make expansion of current facilities at its Cambridge VpCI film extrusion plant a reality. The result is an attractive professional front office building and training centre, along with a spacious warehouse to keep up with expanding VpCI film production and recycling activities. Cortec was honoured to have the Cambridge mayor present at the ceremony, along with members of the press and representatives of the local bank and contractor who helped make the project possible. After the ribbon cutting, Cortec led tours of the
production facilities where VpCI polyethylene film and bags are made for protecting new metal components and equipment of all sizes from corrosion. Among other applications, VpCI film or bags can be wrapped around a new engine or aerospace component to keep it from corroding during shipment from the supplier to the end manufacturer. Tour participants learned how the film is extruded and how raw and finished materials undergo stringent quality control to
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ensure a defect rate nearing zero. Following the tour, everyone gathered in the spacious new warehouse complex for speeches by the mayor, Cortec’s CEO, CAF’s production manager, and the project’s general contractor (BJ Baas). Common themes included excitement over the beautiful new building and appreciation for the exemplary cooperation between Cortec and local business and government. CAF production manager, Tim Bliss, expressed
excitement about the new building and the growth, commenting that it was the perfect time for expansion with increasing sales making this typically slow season the busiest time ever. He also noted that Cortec has been able to help the community by already hiring new employees to keep up with the demand. Cortec is also helping reduce carbon footprints for itself and its
customers through an expanding recycling programme that will be housed in the new warehouse. Cortec reduces waste by recycling VpCI film scrap and used VpCI film from its customers and adding it back into new film at a rate that ensures the corrosion inhibiting quality of the product. The new plastic recycling complex will be equipped with Erema reprocessor(s) to offer Cortec’s customers this unique recycling service for used film they no longer need. Cortec is excited to move forward to fully utilise its expanded office, training, production, and recycling facilities. In the process, CAF is eager to continue to be a good example of environmental responsibility and corporate community contribution, while supplying a quality corrosion inhibiting product to industries around the globe. CAF is the world’s largest plant for production
of VpCI films and bags with a nameplate capacity of more than 40 million pounds (20,000 MT). Its location in downtown Cambridge, Minnesota, USA, leaves it excellently situated with rail service in the heart of the North American continent. It is dedicated to production of anti-corrosion and compostable films and bags that is fully integrated with its own compounding, extrusion, converting, printing, and plastic recycling services.
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