OTS - Grey was yesterday: APK AG presents fully decolourised plastic recyclates - Newcycling® of post-consumer waste proven successful on an industrial scale
2021. December 16. 11:30
Merseburg, 16 December, 2021 (APA/OTS) - The crowning achievement
for any recycling company is obtaining pure plastic recyclates from
mixed consumer waste. "2021 was a milestone year for APK AG. We
were able to prove that our Newcycling®-technology can successfully
recycle household plastic waste, and do so on an industrial scale.
We were able to fully achieve the ambitious goals we had set for
scaling and decolourisation", declares Klaus Wohnig, CEO of APK AG.
its Merseburg recycling plant. The input material used for the
'post-consumer Newcycling® campaign' was film waste from household
collections. "Our hard work has paid off in full", states Dr Jürgen
Flesch, APK board member who oversees production and technology.
"We were able to obtain a light-coloured LDPE-recyclate from mixed,
flexible household waste, which was then processed into a film".
The analysis of the material obtained revealed excellent colour and
transparency values. "The L value of our 'campaign film' is close
to that of films produced from virgin plastics".
Recycled plastics are in greater demand than ever - especially
in the packaging segment - and the quality requirements for them
are markedly increasing. "Proof of concept is an important step on
our pathway to building new Newcycling® plants", explains Maik
Pusch, Director of Corporate Development at APK AG. APK is
ambitiously moving forward with its expansion and, together with
initial partners in the plastics value chain, is planning to set up
several new plants over the coming years.
Website: https://www.apk-ag.de/en/.
Contact:
Kristy-Barbara Lange, presse@apk-ag.de.
Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/apk_ag
Our Newcycling® videos on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/c/APKAGInnovativeplasticrecycling
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