One trend in post consumer recycling is the increasing number of food-grade applications, with EREMA supplying recycling systems that guarantee the highest quality levels, and actively supporting its customers in the authorisation process. The ReFresher ensures odour-optimised recycled pellets. A new feature is its integration with the machine PLC.
The PPRW in particular along with other legal requirements, increases demand for post-consumer recycled pellets to be used in sensitive applications such as food or cosmetics packaging, as well as in secondary packaging.
For food and cosmetic grade applications, consistently high recycled pellet quality is essential. Recyclates for food packaging must meet the requirements of the European and American food safety authorities. EREMA has initiated numerous approval projects and, together with customers, has already received positive Non Objection Letters (NOL) from a US authority for HDPE, PP and LD/LLDPE. Further approval proceedings are ongoing, especially in Europe. "A key driver of these projects is the new EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), which stipulates a recyclate content of 10 per cent in sensitive packaging and 30 per cent in all packaging from 2030 onwards," explains Clemens Kitzberger, Business Development Manager Post Consumer Recycling at the EREMA Group. "We are confident that we will obtain these approvals with our technologies. We use our expertise to provide our customers with the support they need during the proceedings."
“We are confident that our technologies will receive further approvals that meet the requirements of the European and American food safety authorities. We use our expertise to provide our customers with the support they need during the proceedings.”
Clemens Kitzberger, Business Development Manager Post Consumer Recycling at the EREMA Group
The ReFresher control system is now networked with the PLC
There are two decisive prerequisites needed for food-grade: an input stream consisting of at least 99 per cent food packaging, and technology that is able to clean and decontaminate the input material. A key technology here is the combination of INTAREMA® TVEplus® RegrindPro® and the ReFresher, which reliably removes substances with low volatility, and as a result also removes odours. "What's new is that the ReFresher control system is networked with our machine PLC," says Markus Huber-Lindinger, Managing Director at EREMA. "The new visualisation system combines the data from both systems to provide an intuitive and in-depth understanding of the entire process chain." The combined data and trend analyses can also be accessed using the BluPort® online platform.
Find out more and visit EREMA at K 2025: Hall 9, Stand: C09
and at the Edvanced Recycling Centre: Outdoor area, CE03
