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Louis Krall has joined the management board of Krall Kunststoff-Recycling, sharing responsibility for the family business with founder Markus Krall. He will oversee sales, procurement and customer development.
The quality of waste determines far more than its purchase cost. Proper qualification, knowledge of the material’s origin and its properties are the first step towards obtaining stable, valuable regranulate.
Source One Plastics is gradually restoring operations at its sorting and recycling plant in Eicklingen after a fire at the end of January 2026. The rebuilt facility is expected to operate more efficiently, with higher quality and lower emissions.
Coperion has received a Letter of No Objection from the U.S. FDA for its HDPE and PP recycling technology. It confirms that the combination of twin screw extruders and EcoFresh silo degassing enables the production of recyclates for direct food contact.
Erema received the Plastics Recycling Award Europe 2026 in the recycling machinery innovation category for its Volex technology. The solution is designed to improve degassing in mechanical plastics recycling and reduce the level of volatile organic compounds in recycled pellets.
Ad Rem has developed the automated Owl system for quality control of plastic flakes and regranulates. The solution combines XRF and FTIR analysis, enabling identification of polymer type and elemental composition, including for black plastics.
At Plastics Recycling Show Europe 2026 in Amsterdam, Erema will present solutions improving degassing, process stability and regranulate quality for sensitive applications, including in the context of PPWR requirements and work on food-grade polyolefins.
Duma Recycling has obtained a new environmental permit and started production at its new plant in Częstochowa. The facility is intended to process up to 120,000 tonnes of waste per year and produce LDPE and LLDPE (PCR) regranulates.
Italy and Spain have seen marked increases in post-consumer plastic bale prices in recent weeks, while the market in Northwest Europe has remained relatively stable. Recyclers are assessing whether higher feedstock costs can be passed on to end users.
At Chinaplas 2026 in Shanghai, Erema will present recycling solutions for high-quality end applications. The company will focus, among other things, on PET recycling and the processing of post-consumer waste into regranulates for demanding applications.
Visitor registration has started for the Central European Plastics Meeting 2026, which will take place on 2–3 June 2026 at the Sava Center in Belgrade. The event is based on pre-organised B2B meetings and brings together participants from across Central Europe.
A group of European industry organisations has called on the European Commission and the Presidency of the Council of the European Union to apply the “Made in Europe” principle to recycled plastic content targets across relevant EU legislation. The signatories are Plastics Recyclers Europe, Recycling Europe, FEAD, Reloop and Green Dot (Der Grüne Punkt).
Eurocast is implementing an R&D project to develop multilayer polypropylene film Castfol RPP with up to 60% recycled PP content for food contact, combined with the deployment of digital solutions in line with the Industry 4.0 concept.
Since 2015, Rondo Plast of the Polykemi Group has been regularly purchasing PP and PE production scrap from Modulpac’s manufacturing of caps, jars and lids. The cooperation shows how effective scrap management can enhance plastics circularity.
Bulgarian company Ecoinvest processes around 40,000 tonnes of plastic waste per year, including heavily contaminated LDPE/LLDPE film waste, using an Intarema TVEplus recycling line to produce regranulates with stable properties.
Erema’s Vacurema Basic, Vacurema Advanced and Vacunite technologies received EFSA positive opinions under Regulation (EU) 1616/2022 for PET recycling for food-contact applications. The company reports that challenge tests confirmed decontamination efficiency under simulated worst-case conditions.
NexKemia Petrochemicals uses Coperion ZSK twin screw extruders to produce EPS, graphite-enhanced polystyrene and EPS with up to 30% recyclate in a single-step process, combining process simplification with reduced emissions and wastewater.
Shrink film containing 30% recycled PE sourced from household waste is used as outer packaging for six-pack Barilla sugo jars, demonstrating the use of post-consumer regranulate in food-sector secondary packaging.
Stella Pack is implementing an investment programme worth approx. EUR 15 million, covering the modernisation of recycling plants in Poniatowa and Chlewiska and the expansion of its own regranulate production for film products.
At K 2025, Ekochem will present developments in TPE-S thermoplastic elastomers, combining rubber properties with the functionality of plastics.
If someone tried to trace their everyday life without plastic today, it would quickly prove to be an almost impossible task. Plastics have become so ubiquitous that it is difficult to notice how quickly everyday items turn into waste.
Leonhard Kurz has commissioned a 1,244 kWp solar carport and started ramp-up of an in-house facility to recycle transfer-foil carrier into rPET granulate at its Fürth headquarters. The PV system will supply much of the recycling plant’s energy and includes 32 EV charging points.
Moretto outlines a portfolio of storage and handling systems for plastic granules, regrind and flakes, spanning indoor silos, big bag solutions and automated receiving. The equipment integrates with conveying and supports error prevention through barcode, RFID and supervisory controls.
MEAF Machines announces two equipment series to improve recyclate quality: MDX-IV for raising intrinsic viscosity (IV) and decontaminating rPET, and MDX-DEO for deodorisation and decontamination of PP, PE and PS. Premieres are scheduled for K 2025.
With Smart Recycling, the Wittmann Group is bringing its full system solution expertise into play. The product packages boost both efficiency and quality standards of in-line recycling.
Digital pilot functions stabilise the injection moulding process.
The increased use of recyclates and raw materials from different sources makes it much more challenging to keep extrusion processes under control.