Success Stories

The future needs experts – plastics recycling in Romania

The Romanian recycling business Expert Recycling uses a W5.18 single-shaft shredder from WEIMA for processing PET, PP, PS, PE, DHPE and PELD material streams. With its help, the company produces high-quality regranulates, films, and waste bags.

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Doubling Down on Plastics Recycling

Butler-MacDonald, Inc. is an American plastics recycling specialist which takes great pride in processing hard-to-handle plastic scrap from various sources, including post-industrial and post-consumer waste streams.

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Ghost(net)buster in the Netherlands

Marcel Alberts has declared war on so-called Ghost Nets – left-over, floating fishing nets and ropes that pollute the world’s oceans. Using state-of-the-art technology for plastics recycling, the aim of his Dutch company Healix is to turn this linear waste into a product on site and create a circular economy. At the forefront of the process chain is a WEIMA W5.22 single-shaft shredder.

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Sustainable Composite Decking with Fiberon

Repurposing plastic waste where it’s created can provide a new income stream for businesses while eliminating the need to ship waste materials across the ocean. Fiberon has embraced this process, proving that being attentive to the environment does not always have to be a financial burden.

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Plastic Boxes – Round 2

The duo of a WEIMA W5.14 shredder and New Herbold granulator get defective plastic boxes ready for the next job.

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Keeping an Eye on Sustainability at Maui Jim

Renowned eyeglass manufacturer, Maui Jim, emphasized their commitment to sustainability by incorporating a WEIMA briquette press to compact optical swarf and reclaim the valuable cutting fluid. In cooperation with Satisloh and Bazell Technologies, machinery was selected to keep this operation environmental, efficient, and economic.

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