EREMA to recycle biopolymers at NPE2009
Plastics-recycling systems provider EREMA will include recycling PLA film at next month's NPE2009 tradeshow, turning biodegradable scrap-film materials into near virgin-quality pellets. (Photo)
PRESS RELEASE -- Converting Magazine, 5/21/2009 2:00:00 AM
Ipswich, MA -- Plastics-recycling systems provider EREMA announces their NPE2009 show program will now include recycling PLA film, turning biodegradable scrap film material into easily used, near virgin quality pellets (left). The live recycling demonstrations will take place at the EREMA Booth #12162, South Hall.
"What could be a more sustainable process than recycling biodegradable materials rather than sending them to the landfill? This is very close to the ultimate sustainable process, combining advanced biopolymer technology with recycling,” said EREMA North America CEO Tim Hanrahan. "For some manufacturers biopolymers are a new frontier. For us it just another example of our ‘we know how’ industry leading experience.”
According to Hanrahan, EREMA has been running recycling demonstrations of bioplastics at the Ipswich, Massachusetts facility for years and for some customers reclaiming bioplastic waste with EREMA equipment is a regular part of their day-to-day operations. In Europe alone, for the last five years approximately 20 million pounds per year or more of biopolymers were recycled on EREMA systems. Approximately the same amount is repelletized in North America with EREMA systems.
For success with these new materials no modifications to standard EREMA equipment are required. EREMA encourages customers with EREMA systems in place to explore the biopolymer recycling field.
"The unique EREMA system is ideal for use with biopolymers. During normal production, the heat generated in the standard cutter/compactor easily eliminates the typical amount of moisture that makes this material difficult for some systems to reprocess,” Hanrahan said. “Our short extruder L/D ratios also help to avoid thermal degradation”
Several scheduled demonstrations of reclaiming biopolymer materials with a standard EREMA Model 906 T plastics recycling system will take place during the show.
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