The EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) sets specific targets for recycled content in packaging, with a minimum of 30% recycled content for PET packaging, and 10% for other contact-sensitive packaging by 2030. MEAF’s MDX-IV can up-cycle material with a lower IV to better quality, higher IV material, offering producers more flexibility when it comes to using different streams of regrind material. That way they can remain competitive in a market where the raw material prices of virgin material are now lower than those of regrind, due to cheaper raw material supplies from the Middle East and the Far East.
Also to be introduced at K is the MDX-DEO, which stands for decontamination and deodorisation. This machine is designed for processing and upcycling other recycled and post-consumer thermoplastics, including PP, PE and PS. In addition to the packaging, recycling and film & sheet markets, the MDX-DEO is aimed at the production of carpet-backing and automotive interior components. In these markets the use of recycled materials is still quite limited, due to the stringent requirements when it comes to odours and volatile components. However, the potential use of the MDX-DEO extends to recycling in general, as deodorising and upcycling allows for more flexible use of different regrind qualities and material streams.
