a u t h o r Kirstin Linnenkoper
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Loud applause for
industry innovators
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No fewer than seven industry innovators were honoured with awards at this year’s
Plastics recycling Show in amsterdam. Prizes recognised leaders in technology
and products as well as advocates in recycling.
• Product Technology Innovation:
REC-NIR-BLACK by Ampacet
• Automotive, Electrical or Electronic
Product: Recycled Plastics Demo
Car by Volvo
• Plastic Packaging Product: Garçon
Wines’ sustainable 100% rPET by
flat wine bottle
• Plastics Recycling Ambassador: Gian
De Belder of Procter & Gamble
• Household & Leisure Product: PBD
Collection Bag by Cedo (made of
recycled plastics)
• Building & Construction Product:
MPO Easy Channel by Multiport
Each winner received a trophy with a
3D-printed base made from recycled
ABS plastic car dashboards and a top
which is laser cut from compressed
HDPE bottle caps salvaged during an
ocean clean-up mission.
Thanks To Technology
The Corema Cascade Extrusion
System is an extrusion line for
mechanical recycling of post-consum-
er thermoplastics created by
Interseroh in partnership with Erema.
The solution was described as ‘the
most innovative combination of pro-
cessing technologies’ that delivered
cost-effective recycling of post-con-
sumer plastic to produce high quality
plastic material.
Black packaging waste causes prob-
lems in recycling streams. Because the
material cannot be detected by the
near-infrared (NIR) sorting systems
installed at most recycling plants,
Ampacet Corp developed black
masterbatches containing no
carbon black pigment. Doing so ren-
ders them NIR visible, which means
they can be properly detected and
sorted.
There were hundreds of entries for the
second year of the European
Recycling Awards. The panel of judges
was impressed by the quality of the
work developed by companies and
individuals, according to Ton Emans,
president of Plastics Recyclers Europe.
Emans also served as a judge and
offered his heartfelt congratulations to
‘outstanding innovations’ provided by
brands like Volvo and Erema.
Who are The 2019 Winners?
• Recycling Machinery Innovation:
Cascade Extrusion System COREMA
by Interesoh and Erema
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