Recycling News

Lindner Micromats Helps Unifi, Inc. Transform Plastic Waste into High-Tech Recycled Fiber Of the 400 million tons of plastics produced worldwide each year, too much still ends up in our waterways and landfills. Unifi, Inc., the world’s leading manufacturer of high-performance synthetic and recycled fibers,...

"Chemical Recycling is Competing With Incineration, Not Mechanical Recycling" Industry-Interview with Ingemar Bühler, Managing Director PlasticsEurope Germany Mr. Bühler, how long will it be before chemical recycling can take place on a large industrial scale? At present, there are about 140 chemical recycling projects worldwide. Most of...

"Chemical Recycling is Still in Its Infancy, But Has Huge Potential" Industry Interview with Jochen Schofer, Head of Sales of the Recycling Business Unit at Coperion GmbH Mr. Schofer, what contribution can chemical recycling make to the circular economy? In principle, it can make a big contribution....

Chemical Recycling of Polycarbonates Reaches a Major Milestone Robust process developed on a laboratory scale Pilot-scale technical implementation starts Recycled monomer can be used for the production of polycarbonate Covestro has developed an innovative process for recycling polycarbonate, i.e. polychain plastics. In this process, plastics...

Certified Recyclates for High-Quality Applications Plastics distributor and compounder WIS Kunststoffe is continuously expanding its product range. At Fakuma 2023, the company is now presenting new certified recyclates from up to 100 percent post-consumer collections with various approvals for demanding applications. At Fakuma 2023, WIS Kunststoffe...

"There Must Not be a Cannibalisation of Material Flows" Interview with Michael Ludden, Managing Director of Sutco Recycling GmbH Mr. Ludden, what potential does chemical recycling have in your view? The potential is clearly between mechanical processing and energy recovery. When incinerating, only the energy of the...