Extrusion

Plastics processing technique in which resins are melted, heated and pumped for processing. The material to be processed is sheared between screw and the wall of the barrel it is set into. This process produces frictional energy that heats and melts the substance as it is conveyed down the barrel. …

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Bottle to bottle recycling / Close loop recycling

Process consisting into turning collected post consumer PET bottles into new bottles through mechanical recycling or depolymerisation

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BLOW MOULDING

Process typically used to manufacture containers. The main blow moulding processes are extrusion and injection blow moulding. In the extrusion blow moulding process, a cylinder of resin is dropped from the extruder, the mould closes around the resin which is then expanded by the injection of air. The injection blow …

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BALING

Process consisting in compacting recovered PET bottles. The bottles are first punctured then flattened and finally compacted into bales. This process allows to stack and transport recovered bottles easily

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APET

Amorphous Polyethylene Terephthalate

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ADDITIVES

Substances added into plastics before, after or during processing in order to modify the plastics behaviour or properties

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