our rPET
product line
Foodgrade and flexiblity without compromise. viscotec's decontamination technology exceeds highest food grade standards like EFSA and FDA.
deCON50
viscotec already got rewarded by FDA with a non objection letter for the direct food contact for HDPE flakes coming from milk and orange juice bottles in 2012 and multiple reactors are already installed for that purpose.
The direct food contact of recycled plastics other than PET usually fails due to the control of the input stream which, according to FDA and EFSA, has to be originally used for food applications. This circumstance makes it very difficult for recycling logistics. During multiple tests over the last years with PP, LDPE, LLDPE, PS, etc. we found out that the treatment of flakes or pellets in our reactor under increased temperatures and vacuum reduces the volatile components of plastics very efficiently at relatively low temperatures far below the melting point in short time.
This reduction of volatile components results for example in the reduction of the plastics odor. The absence of odor opens new markets for recycled materials, such as detergent bottles, or opens new possibilities for virgin materials, e.g. in car interiors. Some of us now might think that nothing smells better than a new car, but we have learned that for some this smell is not wanted.
deCON20
decontamination module designed to process different types of material even at the same time
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deCON
decontamination dryer for production of dry, food grade flakes or skeleton waste
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viscoSTAR
solid state polycondensation plant for iV increase and decontamination of polyester pellets and/or flakes
viscoSHEET
up to 100 % rPET and inhouse flakes processable at guaranteed iV levels for direct food contact
