Founded: April 2006. Production capacity: 20,000 tonnes of bottles per year ...
Recycling process installations: United Resources Recovery. Corporation URRC.
Bottle-to-Bottle Recycling The Austrian Solution
Christian STRASSER General Manager PET to PET Recycling Österreich GmbH www.pet2pet.at email: christian
[email protected] strasser@pet2pet at
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Agenda Political / Regulatory Issues Environmental Issues Introduction to PET to PET Recycling Österreich Ö GmbH Technical Challenges ec ca C a e ges Economic Challenges Key Messages
Political / Regulatory Issues
Emotional political discussion on refillable and non-refillable bottles Avoiding g mandatory y deposit p or tax on beverage g packaging p g g Building an alliance to meet the obligations of the Sustainability Agreement valid 2008-2017
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Bottle-to-bottle recycling – 6,000 tonnes p.a.
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Food packaging recycling usage – 3,000 tonnes p.a.
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Reduction in CO2 emissions
Signing the agreement for the foundation of a joint venture in a competitive environment environment.
E i Environmental t l Issues I Bottle-to-Bottle Recycling Ecological study (IFEU 2011): 1.0 liter refillable glass bottle versus 1.5 liter non-refillable PET bottle: no difference based on an efficient bottle-to-bottle recycling system CO2 emissions impact (carbon foot print) PET virgin material PET recyclate, food-grade food grade
3,300 kg/t CO2 700 kg/t CO2
Energy consumption PET virgin material PET recyclate, food-grade
100 GJ/t 25 GJ/t
Collection, Sorting and Compression organized by
Sorting
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PET to PET Recycling Österreich GmbH Müllendorf,, Austria
PET to PET Recycling Österreich GmbH Owners: Coca-Cola HBC, Rauch Fruchtsäfte, Spitz GmbH, Radlberger Getränke and Vöslauer Mineralwasser AG Founded: April 2006 Production capacity: 20,000 tonnes of bottles per year Number of employees: 45 Production facilities: 2007 Washing line installation Recycling process installations: United Resources Recovery Corporation – URRC Investment: € 16.2 million 2010 Granulation processing installed by Starlinger Investment: € 2.5 million.
Technological Challenges: Removing Different Contaminants non-plastic contaminants: wood, metal, glass, glue residuals, rubber, etc. Result: low quality – specks and flaws → leaky bottles plastic contaminants: PVC, PVC PA, PA silicon, silicon PE PE, PP Result: inclusions on thermal degradation → leaky bottles Additives in PET: Substances added to generate specific characteristics of PET bottles (blockers, scavengers, etc.) Result: y yellowing g on thermal load → yellow coloured granulate with reduced transparency
IF8
Solving the Challenges High-performance sorting process for flakes Colour sorting: Colour-line-scan cameras identify and exclude colored flakes Laser sorting: The most technologically advanced sorting process available available.
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Economic Challenges Price of virgin material is volatile. Recycled y PET is used onlyy when it is economically y viable. Otherwise, bottles are only made out of virgin PET. Availability of used PET bottles is limited limited. PET beverage bottles account for less than 20% of the PET globally used used. High density of recycling plants leads to overcapacity High Hi h d demand d ffor b baled l d goods d h has negative ti iimpactt on quality lit and d drives up prices.
Closing the Cycle: PET Bottle-to-Bottle in Austria
Best-in-Class implementation of ecologically l i ll and d economically i ll viable i bl political agreements. Excellent cooperation among all industrial partners is the key to successful project implementation implementation.
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Contact: Christian STRASSER G General lM Manager PET to PET Recycling Österreich GmbH 7052 Müllendorf, SET Strasse 10 AUSTRIA Phone: +43 2682 63131 0 www.pet2pet.at email:
[email protected]
Washing Process Breaking bales apart, pre-cleaning, grinding, washing, separating p g PET flakes and p plastic caps p (p (polyolefin, y , PO). ) Semi-finished product: PET Washed Flakes
URRC Process Complex chemical and physical cleaning without melting the material. Finished product: PET flakes, flakes food-grade food grade
Starlinger g Granulation Process Melting, melt filtering, granulation, crystallisation, solid state process (SSP). Finished product: PET granulate
Top Quality Recycling Requirements for recycling polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles used for beverages: Recycling procedures approved by European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) based on challenge and migration tests. Quality requirements for inputs: 99% of the incoming bottles to be recycled have to be beverage bottles. Process control: guaranteed compliance with the predetermined parameters. Data storage for future references. Laboratory analysies of relevant chemical and physical characteristics of PET flakes and granulates. g
Efficient Flake Sorting Procedures Sorting by colour: • Colour Colour-sensitive sensitive camera separates flakes according to their colour. • The procedure is based on heat-treatment without melting the material. • Colour C varieties cannot be detected after f melting.
Efficient Flake Sorting Procedures
Sorting by laser Most advanced sorting technology Scanning with a laser beam S Specific ifi colour l spectrum t Inadequate flakes are discarded.
IF15
Spectrograms of Foreign Plastics and Good Material `Good´ Material
Foreign Plastic
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