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Consistently high recycled pellet quality is es- A joint venture with Lindner has established a
sential for food and cosmetic grade applications. close partnership between Erema and Lindner
Recyclates for food packaging must meet the re- Washtech. While Lindner Washtech provides
quirements of the European and American food high-quality preparation of the input mate-
safety authorities. Erema has initiated numerous rial with sorting, cold and hot washing, EREMA
approval projects and, together with customers, ensures effective cleaning and decontamina-
has already received positive Non Objection Let- tion with its extrusion and filtration technology.
ters (NOL) from a US authority for HDPE, PP and Because the processes are well-coordinated,
LD/LLDPE. Further approval proceedings are consistent recyclate quality is produced with
ongoing, especially in Europe. optimised energy consumption. One specific ap-
plication example is a project at Polymer Matters
There are two decisive prerequisites needed in Ireland, who have applied to the European
for food-grade: an input stream consisting of Commission for food-grade approval. In this ap-
at least 99 per cent food packaging, and tech- plication, HDPE milk bottles from household re-
nology that is able to clean and decontaminate cycling schemes are processed into rHDPE and
the input material. A key technology here is the used for the production of new milk bottles.
combination of Intarema TVEplus RegrindPro
and the ReFresher, which reliably removes sub- Source – RECYCLING magazine
stances with low volatility, and as a result also
removes odours.
Adani to rival Reliance with PVC
plant by 2028
illionaire Gautam Adani's conglomerate tonnes, while domestic production capacity
will build a 1 million tonne a year PVC stands around 1.59 million tonnes, half of which
Bplant at Mundra in Gujarat, marking its is with Reliance. PVC demand is projected to
foray into the petrochemicals sector where Reli- grow at a CAGR of 8-10 per cent, driven by sec-
ance Industries Ltd is the main player, sources tors such as agriculture as land under irrigation
said. increases, infrastructure aided by water supply
and sanitation, housing and pharmaceutical and
PVC, or Polyvinyl Chloride, is a synthetic plastic packaging segments.
polymer that is widely used to make an array of
products - from pipes and fittings to window and Adani Group's flagship Adani Enterprises Ltd is
door frames, cable insulation, vinyl flooring and setting up a petrochemical cluster in Mundra.
wall coverings, credit cards and toys. Within this cluster, it is constructing a PVC manu-
facturing plant with a capacity of 1 million tonnes
India's annual PVC demand is about 4 million
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