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The market for recycled plastic materials is growing strongly , and technologies need to k eep up with this acceleration in demand . Fimic will be presenting its range of screen changers at upcoming international fairs . Among the latest developments , a screw pump for conveying the melt from the extruder to the screen without the use of gears .
The Fimic team
THE CHALLENGES OF THE YEAR OF RECOVERY
Italian technology plast / April 2022
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As recycling specialists Fimic themselves predicted , 2021 turned out to be a year of major new developments and , above all , challenges that have opened up extra opportunities not just for them , but for the entire market for recycled plastics , which had already been growing and expanding strongly for some years . This is due to a combination of factors . First , the growing consumer awareness of environmental issues and of the need to create a circular economy for plastics has meant greater use of recycled plastic in new plastic products and packaging . Second , in the recycled plastic market over the next few years there will be a clear trend to design recyclable products and then produce them ( depending on the application ) entirely or partially from recycled plastics . Within a few years , this will actually become a legal requirement , as all new plastic products manufactured in the EU will have to contain at least 25 % recycled plastics . For these reasons , many brand owners and most recycling companies now find themselves needing to implement and improve their technology in such a way as to meet specific requirements in terms of product quality and properties , while also addressing the challenges of postconsumer plastic recycling .
ENHANCING POST-CONSUMER PLASTICS Most plastic waste is made up of post-consumer - i . e . heavily contaminated - materials . In order to obtain high-quality recycled plastic from such contaminated waste , automatic technologies are needed to separate impurities and contaminants from the plastic stream . This is where Fimic ‘ s technology can help and this is one of the reasons for the company ’ s success , because Fimic have been working for many years now to improve their filtration technologies to meet the above needs . Aiming to make the work of recyclers more effective and faster , Fimic have developed an innovative tech-
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