Extrusion International 3-2018

15 Extrusion International 3/2018 The first large-scale plant for the recycling of heavily con- taminated PE film waste has now started running in Germis- ton South, near Johannesburg. Delivered by HERBOLD MECKESHEIM, the plant can process up to 8,000 tons per year of film, used big bags and similar waste. The waste coming in bales are pre-sorted, shredded and foreign bodies are separated by means of a pre-washing unit in which also a first washing takes place. Afterwards, further contaminations are dissolved in a wet granulator under intensive friction; a subsequent friction washer separates the dirty water from the product. A hydro cyclone separates foreign plastics and specifically heavy contaminations from the target fraction. This separa- tion process has a particularly high separation effect and en- sures the high quality of the produced film flakes. HERBOLD MECKESHEIM GmbH www.herbold.com Post-consumer PE Film Recycling – also in South Africa now In two drying steps, centrifugal dryer and hot air dryer, the product reaches a residual humidity which is suitable for the further material processing to pellets in a downstream ex- truder. With this recycled material high quality film can be produced. Charles Müller (Managing Director) and Deon Swart (Technical Manager in front of the HERBOLD plant The Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) plasticsindustry.org Final product: cleaned film flakes Public Schools came to NPE ® to participate in the new student day program. Their day included a morning briefing with plas- tics industry executives followed by a tour of the NPE ® trade show floor. On and off the trade showfloor, therewere newprogramming additions to attract broader end-market attendees. New ele- ments of this year’s show included 12 technology zones – five of which were new – and nine education programs, including the co-location of PLASTICS-produced Re|focus Sustainability & Recycling Summit and the Plastics Leadership Summit. The em- phasis continued to be on producing a sustainable showwith a goal of 100 percent waste diversion. “We worked diligently to continue the tradition of innovation that NPE ® is known for with features like our 80,000 square foot Bottle Zone and our expanded education programming,” said PLASTICS Vice President of Trade Shows and Market- ing Susan Krys. “Over the past five days, we’ve been on the ground and hearing directly from the many members and at- tendees who we’ve worked with tirelessly to put on a show of this magnitude. Attendees have been really impressed with NPE ® this year.” The triennial trade show’s theme was “We’ve got it covered.”