Biffa invests in new HDPE bottle recycling line

UK-based waste management company Biffa is continuing its partnership with Italian recycling technology provider Amut
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In 2020, Biffa opened a PET bottle recycling facility in Seaham, equipped with Amut's state-of-the-art, bespoke 4,000kg/h PET bottle recycling line capable of recycling 1.
3 billion plastic bottles per year
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The facility converts PET from bundled raw materials into high-purity plastic pellets that are sold to beverage makers and other manufacturers for a range of applications from food and beverage packaging to apparel
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This year, Biffa turned to Amut again to supply machinery and equipment for its new high-density polyethylene (HDPE) expansion project
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The new line has a capacity of 2,000 kg/h and will recycle 1.
6 billion milk bottles per year
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Martin Brass, Regional Engineering and Project Manager at Biffa, said: “Following their successful partnership with Anut at our state-of-the-art Seaham facility, we are delighted to be working with them again at our Washington facility where we will add a further 14,000 tonnes of HDPE plastic recycling capacity
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” He added that the company hopes to quadruple its current plastic recycling capacity by 2030
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Founded in 1912, the company pioneered the concept of integrated waste management, managing multiple waste streams on customer sites since the late eighties
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Biffa opened its first fully integrated mixed plastic packaging sorting and recycling facility in 2011
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Currently, its business covers all aspects of the entire waste management process, including collection, reuse, recycling, treatment and energy production
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