Bühler and CarbonLite Unite to Meet Need for rPET with SORTEX Sorting Technology
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Our experience prompts us to listen to the needs of individual plastics recyclers and produce a solution giving them the highest yield, compatible with consistent, balanced performance.” CarbonLite selected Bühler technology for its ability to carry out simultaneous, multi-characteristic sorting of rPET flakes, including the removal of a wide range of foreign materials.The introduction of Bühler’s SORTEX technology for sorting plastics brings a long awaited solution that helps companies such as CarbonLite meet the demands of the food industry for high quality rPET.Our experience prompts us to listen to the needs of individual plastics recyclers and produce a solution giving them the highest yield, compatible with consistent, balanced performance.”CarbonLite selected Bühler technology for its ability to carry out simultaneous, multi-characteristic sorting of rPET flakes, including the removal of a wide range of foreign materials.Now, the company has the ability to sort incoming rPET flakes for colour, whilst simultaneously removing unwanted polymers such as PVC (polyvinyl Chloride), PE (polyethylene), PP (polypropylene), PA (polyamide) and PS (polystyrene), as well as aluminium and paper from the clear rPET.The choice of sorting technology formed a vital part in CarbonLite’s investment last year, in a new 220,000 square feet bottle-to-bottle plastic recycling plant in Riverside, California, which now allows the company to recover over two billion used plastic PET bottles annually.The introduction of Bühler’s SORTEX technology for sorting plastics brings a long awaited solution that helps companies such as CarbonLite meet the demands of the food industry for high quality rPET.
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