Plastic Boxes – Round 2
No throwing in the towel! The duo of a WEIMA W5.14 shredder and New Herbold granulator get defective plastic boxes ready for the next job. To do this, however, the boxes first have to be shredded to a uniform size.
Read morePolymers Processors boost Australia’s plastic recycling capacities
With the help of a flagship WEIMA PowerLine single-shaft shredder, Polymer Processors in Melbourne has successfully commissioned stage one of their plant upgrade. This adds thousands of tons of plastic recycling capacity to Australia.
Read moreDoubling Down on Plastics Recycling
Butler-MacDonald, Inc. is a 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.
Read moreFighting fine dust
Tons of process-related fine dust are produced during the recycling of paper waste. Many companies are literally sitting on a powder keg of paper particles. Enava Limited from South Wales relies on WEIMA compaction technology to minimize the risks of an explosion while protecting the health of its employees on site. A new C 150 briquetting press now presses paper dust into compact briquettes that are then sold as an energy source.
Read morePUEHLER G.200 Drainage Press from WEIMA makes its U.S. Debut
Custom Recycling is a metal recycler that takes residual metal scrap from companies in the area and diverts them from a landfill. They recently added the very first US-based PUEHLER G.200 drainage press from WEIMA to their line of recycling machinery to recover aluminum from out–of-spec beverage containers.
Read moreRecycling of cans and disposal of labels at OeTTINGER using PUEHLER presses from WEIMA
WEIMA’s PUEHLER presses for removing labels from glass bottles and for recycling cans are in operation at several OeTTINGER locations to dewater and compact waste materials in one step. The challenge: huge production volumes.
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