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Enhancing mixed bottle flakes by turning them into extrudable recycled crystalline polyethylene terephthalate (rCPET) was the goal of a joint development project looking to close the gap in the PET recycling system. By successfully producing a sheet made from recycled material suitable for high-quality applications such as thermoformed food trays, Gneuss, Sukano and Illig have demonstrated that this approach is indeed possible.
The technical contribution was published in KUNSTSTOFFE 6/2019 and KUNSTSTOFFE international 6/2019. PDF documents in the download area of this news.
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