EREMA Plastic Recycling Blog

EREMA Austria just concluded the Discovery Days 2018 in Austria. Over 1000 people listened and experienced for 3 days a wide range of topics connected to circular economy and specifically plastic recycling solutions. It was an inspiring event, with a very clear message that the industry has to change and work better together. The good news is that...

It can be done! In the USA alone, we consume about 13.9 lbs. per person annually of HDPE bottles (milk jugs, pharmaceutical, cleaners, etc.), yet the recycling rate is hovering around 30%. Werner & Mertz the company behind the “Emsal” brand teamed up with bottle producer Alpla-Werke Alwin Lehner gmbH & Co KG and The Green Dot to develop bottles...

PET is one of the easiest materials to recycle (with the right process). Every bottle or clam shell made from PET can be recycled into another bottle or clamshell again, over and over. Single use packaging materials such as PET can be re-used in a circular process; there is no technical reason for not increasing the PET recycling content and...

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...