Extrusion International 2-2023

11 Extrusion International 2/2023 “ENSŌ“ IN MIXING looking for perfection in equipment manufacturing for PVC DRY-BLEND, MASTER BATCH, THERMOPLASTIC RUBBER, POWDER COATINGS, METALLIC BONDING and WPC PLAS MEC S.R.L. Via Europa 79, 21015 Lonate Pozzolo (VA) – Italy phone +39 0331 301648 - comm@plasme c.it www.pl asmec.it Join Us at Hall 1 Stand A - 741 Hall 3 Stand D61 Enhancing recycling and advancing the use of recycled materials One of the main thrusts of circular economy is the in - creased rate of recycling. Post-industrial waste and post- consumer waste need to undergo recycling in order for them to be re-used. Recycling technologies have seen tremendous improvements in terms of speed, efficiency and cost-saving advantages. Recent trends in recycling indicate the growing in- terest in chemical recycling technologies, which break down plastics into building blocks to convert them into secondary raw materials that can be used to produce new raw materials. The growing popularity of pyrolysis, an advanced recycling technique where thermal decom- position of materials at high temperatures in inert at- mosphere is applied, has attracted attention especially since it has been found to be ideal in recycling polyeth- ylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP). Chemical recycling is ideal for multi-layered or heavily contaminated plastic; another advantage is that the process can turn out high quality recycled material. But the prevailing technology for plastic recycling re- mains mechanical recycling – which includes steps such as sorting, washing, shredding, grinding or granulating. Mechanical recycling has become better and more ef- ficient in turning out good quality secondary materials. Digitalization, artificial intelligence and automation have contributed to more efficient recycling operations that many companies offering recycling technologies have added these to the capabilities of their machines. As the market for recycled plastics has been prom - ising, recycling systems have been upgraded to meet rising demands. Bottle-to-bottle recycling has been taken to a higher level in processing post-consumer PET bottles to high-grade recycled PET (rPET) material, “ENSŌ“ IN MIXING looking for perfection in equipment m nufacturing for PVC DRY-BLEND, MASTER BATCH, THERMOPLASTIC RUBBER, POWDER COATINGS, METALLIC BONDING and WPC PLAS MEC S.R.L. Vi Europa 79, 21015 L nate Pozzolo (VA) – Italy phone + 9 0331 3 01648 - com @plasmec.it www.plasmec.it Join Us at H ll 1 Stand A - 741 H ll 3 Stand D61 Bottle-to-bottle recycling has been taken to a higher level in processing post-consumer PET bottles to high-grade rPET material