EREMA Plastic Recycling Blog

Once you have bought a plastic pellet, why not ensure that all of them actually end up in a product. Production "waste" is a word we should eliminate. In almost all cases materials and products that are collected during the manufacturing process and might have a defect or come off the line during standard processing can be reclaimed and returned...

As the USA and other Nations struggle with the Chinese Ban on Plastic Imports it has become clear that new infrastructure needs to be build to address our plastic waste and start putting these materials back into the circular material stream right here at home. Technology and examples exist on how to do it. Please watch the video below to get...

The Manufacturing Alliance NPE2018 : Domestic Recycling Efforts In this Manufacturing Alliance Podcast, hear Martin Baumann from EREMA on all things recycling including; How improving efficiencies within a plastics processors facility can reduce the amount of plastic to recycle. Domestic activities in recycling, and Material OEM trends in...

A key technology building block for plastic recycling systems are the so-called melt filters. Essential to high performance recycling is the recycled plastic melt filtration system. Melt filters remove non-plastic particles from the recycled plastic material such as paper, wood, sand, glass or aluminum pieces. To achieve a high-quality pellet at...

Recycling of production scrap and the use of recyclate in packaging applications is more than just a trend, it is becoming a requirement to manage material flow in the manufacturing process and end of life process efficiently and at a high level of quality. Circular economy material processes can only succeed if the economics work out and the...

Polyolefin Fibers Polyolefin fibers are used in a wide range of applications. The most common material for such fibers is low melt Polypropylene. Polypropylene is the fourth most commonly used material for fiber production after polyester, nylon and acrylic fibers. Unlike polyester and nylon fibers that are used in the apparel textiles,...

Low-density polyethylene (LDPE) and Linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) are two valuable polymers in the agricultural industry. The high demand for these materials has pushed the need for recycling to a standardized quality so that the recyclates may be used in place of raw material. One common problem from recycling them however is...

Here is a positive example for the circular economy in action. Post Consumer Plastic Household Cleaner Bottles are a great application for using recyclates.

Beautiful looking consumer goods with a long life span and high quality can be made from 100% recycled single use plastic materials. Case in point the fabric of the travel backpack from 8-Hz is made from about 23 PET water bottles.

Over the last 20 years, the production of plastics has increased dramatically. Plastic waste is a resource and with proper processing plastic packaging and plastic components can be returned into valuable products. Plastic should never end up in the ocean, in the landfill or in the incinerator – it is simply too valuable of a material resource....