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Appendix B: Major European PET and HDPE Reprocessors
PET Reprocessors
i) CeDO Recycling
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Contact |
Ing. M.G.L. Fransen De Asselen Kuil 15 6161 Rd Geleen The Netherlands Tel: +31 46 4771130 Fax: +31 46 4379512 Email: maurice.fransen@cedo-recycling.nl |
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Capacity |
16-17,000 tonnes/year - plan to expand |
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Plastics recycled |
PET (80% clear flake, 20% blue flake) & LDPE |
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Key markets |
Bottles, Sheet, Strapping, Fibre |
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Final product produced on site |
Clean dry flake or recompounded pellets? |
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Primary source of PET material |
Majority from Belgium, although also from France, Germany, Sweden and The Netherlands |
iii) Freudenberg Politex S.R.L.
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Contact |
Mr Pietro Majorana Strada Provinciale Novedratese 17/a 22060 Novedrate (Co) Italy Tel: +39 031 793347 Fax: +39 031 793209 Email: fiberdiv@politex.it |
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Capacity |
34,000 t/a - no intention to expand |
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Plastics recycled |
PET only |
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Key markets |
Established contacts - do not sell on open market |
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Final product produced on site |
Fibre |
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Primary source of PET feed material |
National Organisations e.g. Coroplast |
iv) ITW Poly Recycling GmbH
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Contact |
Mr Casper van den Dungen Bleichestrasse 41 8750 Weinfelden Switzerland Tel: +41 716 268828 Fax: +41 716 268889 Email: cvd@polyrecycling.com |
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Capacity |
12,750 t/a in 2001150, expanding to 17,000 t/a in 2002151 |
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Plastics recycled |
PET only |
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Key markets |
Packaging, food and non-food contact |
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Final product produced on site |
PET intermediates |
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Primary source of feed material |
Post consumer sorted and baled PET bottles |
vi) PRI PET-Recycling International GmbH
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Contact |
Mr Achim Ebel Dierkower Damm 29 18146 Rostock Germany Tel: +49 381 49776-0 Fax: +49 381 49776-20 Email: skpk.ebel@t-online.de |
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Capacity |
11,000 t/a - currently working on several projects to expand capacity, but not necessarily at the same location. |
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Plastics recycled |
PET and HDPE (HDPE capacity 3,000 t/a) |
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Key markets |
Food-contact material which is used in direct blending with virgin material to produce beverage bottles. |
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Final product produced on site |
PET flakes. |
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Primary source of PET feed material |
Returnable bottle material from a large beverage company; one-way-material from Duale System Germany (DSD) and one-way-material from Swedish collection organisation Returpak PET. |
viii) RecyPET
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Contact |
Mr Achim Ebel Langfeldstr. 80 8500 Frauenfeld Switzerland Tel: +41 52 730 1415 Fax: +41 52 730 1416 Email: skpk.ebel@t-online.de |
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Capacity |
10,000 t/a - no plans for expansion in the near future152 |
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Plastics recycled |
PET (HDPE as a by-product from caps, but do not take any HDPE bottles) |
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Key markets |
Food-contact grade flakes for blending with virgin material to produce beverage bottles |
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Final product produced on site |
Flake. |
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Primary source of PET feed material |
Switzerland - exclusive contract with 'PET-recycling Switzerland' (PRS), Naglerwiesenstrasse 4, CH-8049, Zurich. |
x) RiberPET S.A.
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Contact |
Mr Enric Riera Berenguer 17450 Hostalric (Girona) Tel: +34 97 2865652 Fax: +34 97 2865654 Email: riberpet@riberpet.com |
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Capacity |
15,000 t/a - since this is a new plant there are currently no plans for expansion, although it is expected that expansion will occur in the future. |
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Plastics recycled |
PET (although not only bottles) |
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Key markets |
Fibre, sheet, monofilaments and strapping. |
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Final product produced on site |
PET intermediates |
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Primary source of PET feed material |
European public organisations including Fost Plus, Valorplast, Ecoembes Spain. RiberPET buy bailed PET bottles and occasionally other forms of PET such as sheet, thermoformed material etc. |
xi) Sorepla Industrie Groupe Envipco
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Contact |
Mr Jean-Jaques Nardin Bp 89/Chemin de Grety Rebeuville 88303 Neufchateau Cdx France Tel: +33 329 061180 Fax: +33 329 061193 Email: sorepla-industries@wanadoo.fr |
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Capacity |
30,000 t/a (2002) |
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Plastics recycled |
PET and HDPE |
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Key markets |
Fibres (55%), non-food contact packaging (25%) and food-contact packaging (20%) |
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Final product produced on site |
Flake |
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Primary source of PET feed material |
France |
xii) TexPlast BV
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Contact |
Mr Jan Snellenburg Bruningweg 1, Postbus 2042 6802 CA Arnhem The Netherlands Tel: +31 263 645588 Fax: +31 263 611023 Email: tex.snel@planet.nl |
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Capacity |
15,000 t/a - expanding to 18,000 t/a in near future |
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Plastics recycled |
PET only |
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Key markets |
Strapping |
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Final product produced on site |
Recompounded granulate |
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Primary source of PET feed material |
Post consumer material from Germany, Belgium and France |
xiii) Wellman Recycling
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Contact |
Mr. Claude Marchal Zone Industrielle de Regret 55100 Verdun France Tel: +33 3 29 843232 Fax: +33 3 29 843104 Email: JimArmstrong@wellman-intl.com |
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Capacity |
15,000 t/a |
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Plastics recycled |
PET only |
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Key markets |
Fibre & food-contact product |
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Final product produced on site |
PET intermediates |
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Primary source of PET feed material |
Europe mainly |
xiv) Wellman Recycling
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Contact |
Mr Jim Armstrong Tengnagelwaard 5 6917 AE Spijk (Gld.) The Netherlands Tel: +31 316 566250 Fax: +31 316 566251 Email: JimArmstrong@wellman-intl.com |
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Capacity |
20,000 t/a |
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Plastics recycled |
PET only |
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Key markets |
Fibre & food-contact product |
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Final product produced on site |
PET intermediates |
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Primary source of PET feed material |
Europe |
HDPE Reprocessors
ii) Ecoplast
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Contact |
Dr Elmar Schneider Gessellschaft m.b.H. Untere Aye Nr. 21 Austria Tel: +43 31 823355 Fax: +43 31 82 335520 Email: elmar.schneider@ecoplast.com |
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Capacity |
4,000 t/a - no plans to expand since limited HDPE sources in Austria |
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Plastics recycled |
HDPE, LDPE (20,000 t/a) and STYROPOR (EPS/XPS - approx. 20,000m3/a) |
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Key markets |
Wash and make resins for HDPE |
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Final product produced on site |
None |
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Primary source of HDPE feed material |
Primarily post-consumer waste, although also some post-industrial use waste |
iv) Lucy Plast s.p.a.
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Contact |
Mrs Ferrero Zona Industriale 06026 Pietralunga PG Italy Tel: +39 075 9460309 Fax: +39 075 9460298 Email: Unavailable |
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Capacity |
1,000 t/a |
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Plastics recycled |
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Key markets |
Italy only |
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Final product produced on site |
None |
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Primary source of HDPE feed material |
Buy in HDPE pellets from mixed sources (contains small percentage bottle sourced material) |
xiii) Sopave
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Contact |
Sales Department Sopave Crouzet 12110 Lived France Tel: +33 565 430776 Fax: +33 565 635002 Email: sopave@wanadoo.fr |
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Capacity |
2,200 t/a |
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Plastics recycled |
75% |
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Key markets |
90% of flake is sold on for the production of pipes. 10% is sold on as recompounded granules. |
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Final product produced on site |
None |
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Primary source of HDPE feed material |
France |
xv) Sorepla Industrie Groupe Envipco
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Contact |
Mr Jean-Jacques Nardin Bp 89/Chemin de Grety Rebeuville 88303 Neufchateau Cdx France Tel : +33 329 061180 Fax : +33 329 061193 Email : sorepla-industries@wanadoo.fr |
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Capacity |
2,200 t/a (2002) |
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Plastics recycled |
HDPE and PET |
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Key markets |
75% bottle feed material |
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Final product produced on site |
90% pipes, 10% pellets |
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Primary source of HDPE feed material |
French collection schemes |
