TAGS: Sustainability / Natural Solutions Additives for Packaging Polymer Reinforcement
Baerlocher presented its complete portfolio of stabilizers at Plastic Recycling Show Europe 2022. The portfolio includes Baeropol RST stabilizer, which has formed the basis for a set of additive blends that have been found to be useful in polyolefin recycling applications.
Offers Solution to reHDPE Packaging
Brand owners are increasingly turning to reHDPE for packaging which has intensified the competition for reHDPE of sufficient quality for this purpose. The low hanging fruits in terms of input waste have long been picked and recyclers are struggling to meet the demand.
Some have found the solution by applying a Baeropol T-Blend from Baerlocher, which allows them to use lower quality feedstock which would otherwise have produced an insufficient recyclate quality. The Baeropol T-Blend also contributes to keeping process costs down, by allowing for an output which had not been possible without it.
Baerlocher´s technical product manager Henrik Eriksson commented, “
Making small packaging parts with extrusion blow molding may not be perceived as much of a challenge, even when reHDPE is concerned, but for mass market products the cycle time and product consistency become critical. This is where a recyclate enhanced with a T-Blend proves its value.”
Enables Film Recycling
Also, in film recycling the Baeropol T-Blends are the solution for recyclers that target the more demanding and thus more profitable end applications. In film recycling the pastilles are fed directly into the cutter-compactor unit by using low-cost volumetric feeders.
The improved quality of the recyclate is then quickly made visible in, a downstream film blowing line, where less gelling and fewer degradation products lead to fewer bubble breakages and a more homogenous mechanical performance of the film.
Baerlocher´s business development manager Michael Kriebitzsch said, “
Although we certainly encounter many film recyclers that are spoiled by the current situation, with sold out lines where they produce the same old recyclates which can only compete on price, we are increasingly acquiring new customers that want to make themselves less replaceable and enter markets where margins are higher. We find that film recyclers are steadily turning to more sophisticated means to improve their profitability.”
Source: Baerlocher