EREMA Plastic Recycling Blog

Life 4 Film is a pilot project in Granada, Spain, funded by the European Union, with the aim of sorting out and recycling PE film waste from household and commercial waste collection and reprocessing the regranulate into film, thus closing the plastic cycle. EREMA is one of the project partners who implemented this project with the environmental...

Known as SB 54, the Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act, signed into law on June 30, 2022, will impose fees and/or regulatory requirements on manufacturers of single-use packaging, single-use plasticware, businesses that might use or sell these materials such as retailers and wholesalers and municipalities,...

KEYCYCLE has worked for two years with Cadel Deinking to advance the innovative process for removing inks printed on plastic surfaces. The process has proved to be efficient in both in-house and post-industrial plastic film waste recycling. KEYCYCLE has now acquired the Cadel Deinking brand and will market the process under KEYCYCLE Deinking.

EREMA continues its track record of growth as the worldwide community embraces the circular economy. Overall group revenues increased to 295 EUR million and we passed 840 employees globally. 

EREMA North America has invested in a Kardex Inventory Management system to streamline parts orders fulfillment at our North American headquarters.

Faerch, a leading producer of trays for food packaging in Denmark leverages EREMA Vacurema to produce 100% rPET trays. They produce trays for ready meals, fresh meat, and takeaway meals, largely made from PET thermoforming film.

All of the EREMA Group companies including EREMA, PURE LOOP, UMAC, 3S, KEYCYCLE, PLASMAC and plasticpreneur will be represented at the K-Show 2022 in one exhibition stand.

Many of us in the US dutifully recycle plastic, glass, and cardboard containers. More of us still participate in bottle redemption programs if they’re available where we live, although we still have a long way to go.

The market for PE Films recycling is growing rapidly. In fact, the global R-PE (Recycled- Polyethylene) market is expected to grow from USD 11.25 billion in 2020 to USD 24.44 billion by 2028, at a CAGR of 10.16% during the forecast period 2021-2028.

EREMA Group and Borealis invited representatives of the international plastics and recycling trade press to Upper Austria for a sneak preview of the technological developments and lighthouse projects that the companies will present at K 2022, the plastics industry's international meeting place.