Michael Brunn

"Legislative targets are setting the bar high across the entire value chain. It is crucial, now more than ever, to implement standards that enhance the recyclability of plastic packaging. RecyClass is at the forefront of this transformation, continually providing the industry with the most up-to-date recommendations for promoting plastic circularity," stated Paolo Glerean, Chairman of RecyClass.

Petcore's position highlights practical steps to a more sustainable textile industry competitiveness of recycling. By scaling up, we can promote the growth of European champions in the global market, reduce dependency on external resources, and build energy efficient, low-waste sustainable circular supply chains.

Sustainability is a key issue in all areas of the economy today, especially in industry, where durable capital goods and machines are often in use for decades. Sesotec is working intensively on the question of how customers can not only be guaranteed reliable operation in the area of after-sales and service, but also how this can be done in the most resource-efficient way possible.

Brewster Brothers is a 3rd generation family business specialising in the production of high performing recycled aggregates from construction and demolition waste, extracting sand and gravel fraction from excavation waste generated from new developments.  

Yet, with changing technology and markets, this repairability is on the decline: reports of non-dismantlable design, unavailable spare parts or repair services, as well as challenges to repairability emerging through the increase in electronic components in vehicles show that early obsolescence is increasing in newer vehicles.

Plastics are undeniably useful materials that have found their way into virtually all human activities. However, with yearly global plastic production exceeding 400 million tons, the environmental threat posed by increased plastic consumption and disposal, contributing to its pollution, is also bigger than ever. Considering that only one-tenth of all plastic waste is recycled, new technologies that can help tackle this growing problem are urgently required.

Scott Hawthorne, Managing Director at Skips & Bins, who offer bin and 8-yard skip hire, stresses the importance of having the appropriate waste management and recycling strategy for businesses: "Strategy for your business is crucial, especially when you consider the amount of commercial and industrial (C&I) waste generated by the UK in 2020 was around 40.4 million tonnes."

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"Congratulations to this year's finalists. Each shortlisted product and project reflects the effective collaboration and significant investment being made across the whole plastics value chain in Europe in recent years. Something that must continue if we are to meet the ambitious legislative targets ahead of us," said Ton Emans, President of Plastics Recyclers Europe.

To cope with such large quantities of material, a shredder that is manually fed with material must also be designed for optimum ergonomics when feeding the material. The operator places the cartons on the wide conveyor belt of the PHSH shredder, which then automatically transports the material to the three shredder shafts. The two preceding shafts draw the cartons to the fast-running shredding shaft with cast iron teeth or a knife shaft with high-quality knives and shred them. Meanwhile, the next material can already be loaded.