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Amut: Unique Recycling Trio In The World

ovara, Italy – 29 February 2024 sorting and washing plants ensure that tional, Symphony is capable of turn-
N– Duet, Choir and Symphony: the bottles are part of a closed cycle, ing the equivalent of up to one billion
Circular Plastic Australia named three where they are used, collected and 600ml PET plastic beverage bottles a
Projects for a recycling melody! given another life. While Duet and year, into high-value food-grade PET
AMUT has scored a winning trio in Symphony are intended for PET bot- pellets which are then used to make
Australia, after the third consecutive tles sorting and washing, Choir is for new rPET beverage bottles and food
commissioning of a recycling plant, to HDPE and PP. packaging.
the full satisfaction of the customer, in The Duet recycling line, in operation Furthermore, the Symphony plant
two and a half years. since 2022, was initially conceived for also has the ability to process low vis-
A repeated success in three pro- a total 3,400 Kg/h output. Once run- cosity PET tubs and trays.
jects that is unique in the World ning and after one year of operation, AMUT washing lines are equipped
due to its peculiarities. AMUT has it is now totalling 4,000 Kg. / h output. with the best technical solutions to
been involved, with its advanced re- A successful result due to AMUT’s de- guarantee high purity of the final PO/
cycling technologies, in three new sign and highly performing solutions, PET flakes and in particular the per-
World-class plants, which will recy- surpassing client’s expectations. fect removal of organic and inorganic
cle approximately 60,000 tonnes of We are proud of the acceptance of contaminants and separation of PSA
post-consumer plastic packaging into AMUT's highly specialised technology labels and glue. These highly automat-
high-quality resins (including food provided to the Symphony project on ed washing systems ensure extremely
grade) annually. last November. The exciting opening low operational costs with reduced
Circular Plastics Australia (PET), a ceremony of Symphony took place in power and water consumptions, and
joint venture Pact Group, Cleanaway the presence of Federal Environment chemicals, too. An important step on
Waste Management, Asahi Beverages, Minister Tanya Plibersek and Victo- the path towards circularity tackling
and Coca-Cola Europacific Partners rian Minister for Environment Steve climate change.
(CCEP) has chosen AMUT as the Dimopoulos. AMUT's commitment to the continu-
preferred partner for the design and Furthermore, in December we got ous improvement of the efficiency
construction of its “Duet and Sym- the green light from the client for the and reliability of its systems rewards
phony” recycling projects in Albury Choir project as well. the company with an increasing num-
and Melbourne. AMUT was also cho- The world-class Symphony plastic re- ber of loyal customers worldwide.
sen by the Circular Plastics Australia cycling facility is the biggest of its kind This latter successful achievement is a
(PE) joint venture between Pact and in Victoria and furnished with state-of- milestone consolidating AMUT lead-
Cleanaway for the Choir project, also the-art equipment capable of produc- ership on the Asia-Pacific region.
in Melbourne. ing up to 20,000 tonnes per year of
These integrated, custom engineered recycled PET resin. When fully opera-

The road from 8% to 67% plastic recycling rate in India

consortium of Indian and Austral- In an effort to build a circular plastics tonnes. To achieve this and other cir-
A ian research organisations has de- economy in India, a consortium of In- cular economy targets, seven types of
veloped a roadmap for India’s circular dian and Australian research organi- policy will be needed: supportive in-
economy for plastics. sations has developed a roadmap to frastructure, effective recycling, con-
India’s plastics recycling rate stood at 2035 including a comprehensive view sistent compliance, sustainable con-
8% in 2019. The country generates of the entire plastics value chain and sumption, awareness and readiness,
nearly 26,000 tonnes of plastic waste systemic policy recommendations. design for circularity, and commercial
every day, more than any economy The team set a goal of recycling 67% viability.
expect the United States and the Eu- of plastic waste by 2035, with an an- The researchers argued that radically
ropean Union. nual consumption of 52.9 million improving India’s recycling capac-

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