From recycled plastic collected in household recycling sacks directly to high-quality shower gel bottles - the companies Werner & Mertz, Systec Plastics Eisfeld and EREMA managed this demanding recycling and production task in May 2019.
Thanks to state-of-the-art recycling technologies and close, cross-company cooperation, the first 100 percent recycled plastic packaging for a body care product made its way onto the shelves. The EREMA technologies INTAREMA® TVEplus® RegrindPro® and the ReFresher module, which ensure the required high regrind quality, including the necessary odour optimisation, play a major role in this success.
Plastic pellets from post consumer material
In an effort not to turn used plastics into waste in the first place, but to recycle them, the production of high-quality recyclates is becoming increasingly important in addition to avoidance and recycling strategies. This involves making plastic pellets from used and contaminated post consumer material, which is used again in the production of new plastic products. Although the processing of household plastic packaging is a challenge in recycling terms, thanks to technological advances and resourceful manufacturers, recyclates now meet quality criteria almost as high as virgin material and can therefore be used in almost as many ways. Just how diverse the fields of application for recyclates have become can be seen at Systec Plastics Eisfeld GmbH (SPE), an EREMA customer in The Group with the Green Dot.
"The ReFresher makes use of the latent energy generated by the preheated pellets during the extrusion process. This really saves energy.”
Clemens Kitzberger, Business Development Manager Post Consumer at the EREMA Group
