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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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Ideas made-to-measure — the rest goes into the WEIMA

For over 110 years the name Althoff has stood for creative work with wood. In the joinery in Bielefeld, wood waste accumulates during all stages of production. With the use of a WEIMA WL 4 shredder, this can be ideally processed to heat the premises.

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WEIMA PUEHLER C.200 New hydraulic press for compacting shavings from CNC machining

During milling, turning, drilling or sawing metal and plastics, inevitably large quantities of residuals are produced in the form of chips. Handling is correspondingly time-consuming and disposal is expensive. With the newly developed WEIMA PUEHLER C.200 chip press, the drainage and compaction of loose chips is possible in just one automated work step.

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The State of Recycling: WEIMA sponsors Recycling Day at the SC Statehouse

Recycling professionals, environmental allies, non-profit organizations, and industry associations convened in early February in Columbia, South Carolina, for Recycling Day at the Statehouse. On hand to meet legislators on behalf of WEIMA were Madison Burt, CEO, and Jeremy Boggs, National Sales Manager.

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New WEIMA presses for economical drainage and compaction with proven PUEHLER know-how

WEIMA’s line of recycling equipment is expanded to include drainage and compression technology with its new line of PUEHLER machinery.

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