Page 50 - Plastics News July 2025

ENVIRONMENT NEWS

content in beverage bottles made of polyeth- mechanical recycling of PET, based on existing
ylene terephthalate (PET) by this year and 30 food contact regulations. The second expands
percent in all single-use plastic beverage bottles the methodology to include all recycling tech-
by 2030. nologies, including chemical recycling, by estab-
lishing rules to calculate the proportion of recy-
The commission says it has adopted a two-step cled materials in PET bottles.
approach to implement these targets. The first
step introduces a methodology focused on the

New model shredder can

process bigger pipes

J2000 pipe shredder: The latest model to the
J-series line of pipe shredders from Genox can
handle heavy-walled pipe and profiles up to 6.5
feet in diameter. The machine’s length can be
tailored to accommodate longer pipes or short-
ened to fit into a smaller space, depending on
the operation.

What’s new? The ability to shred bigger pipes.
The J2000 pipe shredder is bigger and more
powerful than Genox’s earlier J800 and J1200
models. Its rotation diameter is about 2 feet, and
rotor length is 6.5 feet. It has 346 rotor knives
and five adjustable counter rotor knives.

The motor power is up to 100 horsepower, and
dimensions are about 46.5 feet long, 19.5 feet
wide and about 1.3 feet high.

Benefits: More reliable and efficient shredding.
The unit has a hydraulic feeding arm. The four-
shaft shredding design is unique to Genox, and
each rotor can be controlled separately and runs
only when needed to operating costs.

Source- www.genoxusa.com

50 PLASTICS NEWS July 2025