our rPET
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Foodgrade and flexiblity without compromise. viscotec's decontamination technology exceeds highest food grade standards like EFSA and FDA.
Joint Managing Director of Extrupet Chandru Wadhwani (left), Minister of Environmental Affairs Edna Molewa, President of Coca-Cola Southern Africa Therese Gearhart, and Joint Managing Director of Extrupet Vijay Naidoo, during the official opening of Africa’s first bottle-to-bottle recycling plant.
Extrupet’s Joint Managing Director, Chandru Wadhwani, states that the project was first conceived three years ago when its existing capacity was approaching its limit. After extensive investigation of the various options available, Extrupet chose Starlinger given their exemplary track record in having already set up plants that were actively supplying the Coca-Cola system around the world.
The PET recycling line, a recoSTAR PET 165 HC iV+, is designed for producing food grade recycled PET pellets according to FDA and EFSA standards. The plant has a production capacity of 1,800 kg/h and will supply 14,000 tonnes of rPET resin per year to the PET packaging industry in South Africa and neighbouring countries. Quality – a key factor for food-grade rPET The high quality of the produced rPET plays a key role in obtaining food grade approvals, especially from brand owners such as Coca-Cola. Extrupet’s PET recycling extruder is equipped with an in-line quality control system that monitors the color and iV of the produced pellets. In the downstream inline viscoSTAR SSP reactor the iV level of the produced pellets is increased to the desired level. Organic and volatile components and acetaldehyde are removed, achieving excellent decontamination results. The first-in first-out treatment of both the flakes in the dryer before the extrusion process and the pellets in the continuous SSP process after extrusion ensures consistent residence time, leading to outstanding decontamination efficiency. For thorough quality control and traceability, the recycling line is equipped with an online archiving system of process data.
“We chose Starlinger given their exemplary track record in having already set up plants that were actively supplying the Coca-Cola system around the world.”
CHANDRU WADHWANI
MANAGING DIRECTOR OF EXTRUPET
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
