Plastics sorting technology provider Ad Rem NV, a joint venture of Belgium-based scrap recycling firm Galloo, says it has worked with Germany-based Hamos GmbH to develop a mixed plastics recycling system.
The two companies say an installation of the system in Telford, United Kingdom, is designed as a “processing line that handles the complete plastic recycling chain from waste to resource.”
The line in Telford has been installed for an AO Recycling facility operated by online retailer AO.com, which sells appliances including refrigerators, washing machines and dish washing machines.
AO Recycling and its service provide All Controls were looking for a solution to recycle the plastic generated by obsolete refrigerators. AO and some of its OEM suppliers wanted the material to be reused in new refrigerator production, according to an Ad Rem press release.
Ad Rem and Hamos indicate they will continue to fine-tune the process, and Ad Rem says it has sold a similar system to be installed in Japan, where 40,000 tons of plastics will be sorted and processed annually.
Ad Rem was founded as a joint venture between machine building group Valtech and Galloo. Active since 2008, the company describes itself as a supplier of innovative machines for feeding, treating and separating scrap materials. Penzberg, Germany-based Hamos GmbH designs and builds electrostatic separation systems.
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