Post-Consumer Recycling Trials

GCR Plastic Solutions and Rigk are working together to conduct an industrial recycling trial for post-consumer packaging from the German Packaging Material Recovery for Agriculture (PAMIRA) system and the GVÖ scheme. The trials utilized emerging techologies in hot washing, advanced sorting, and extrusion, hoping to prevent undesirable interaction with residual chemical substances and aligning with the European Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR).

”This project represents a decisive step in demonstrating that complex industrial streams, when properly managed at source, can be transformed into high-value recycled raw material with full analytical control and traceability. Our objective is to offer major European converters technically reliable and consistent material,” said Santiago Sans, industrial and innovation director at GCR.

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