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Turkish Plastic Flexible Package Producer Now Recycles Production Wastes In-house
Turkish Plastic Flexible Package Producer Now Recycles Production Wastes In-house
In-house recycling, in other words post-industrial recycling, is an escalating trend among plastic manufacturers around the world as well as in Türkiye. Istanbul, Esenyurt-based plastic flexible package and courier bag producer Sürmeli Plastik has also started to recycle its own production wastes within the factory by Repro-Flex 100
Due to the large size of productions of 15 years old fast-growing bag manufacturers for many different companies, the scraps generated from plastic flexible packages, patch and soft handle bags, punched-out handle bags, courier bags, exam bags, gift packages, shrink films, and document pouches were considered as high. The bag producer needed to work with several professional recyclers to reprocess them.
Being unable to have full quality control over recycled pellets, and costs occurring from storing, logistics, and outsourced recycling; the bag producer considered starting in-house recycling on my own.
Which Machine is Most Suitable for In-house Recycling?
The plastic scraps from the cargo bags, shopping bags, and gift bags to recycle are made of several variations of PE materials and contain OPP and PP adhesive tapes. Moreover, these plastic scraps are clean (not contaminated by dirt, oil, etc.), dry (no moisture from the washing lines), and have varied printed surfaces. Some of the bags are slightly printed, and some of them have up to 50% of printed surfaces.
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( Repro-Flex ) -
( Repro-Flex Plus )
The crucial question in bag producers’ minds was ‘What is the right plastic recycling machine for several different types of bag scraps?’ For that reason, the producer has evaluated the machines that the outsourced recycling companies have been running (including local, European, and POLYSTAR recycling machines). Among them, the quality of the final pellets was found stable and satisfactory by the two recyclers who are using POLYSTAR Repro-Flex plastic recycling machines.
| Repro-Flex (Single Stage) |
Repro-Flex Plus (Two Stage) |
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| Humidity | 3% | 5% |
| Printed Surface Area | 30% (Standard Dual-piston Filtration) |
100% (Filter Repositioned technology) |
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60% |
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| Contamination | Less than 1% | Less than 1% |
(Properties of the materials that you can reprocess with Repro-Flex)
The plastic bag manufacturers asked POLYSTAR for a feasible solution for its varied recycling needs. After evaluating Repro-Flex recycling machine’s standard, filter repositioned, and two-stage (Repro-Flex Plus) options, the bag producer found out Repro-Flex model with filter repositioning technology is the right fit for its requirements.
"Before we decided to buy this Repro-Flex machine, we also tested other companies' machines with our own materials. Then decided on this machine because we got good results. The machine is very easy to use, our operators got used to it in a short time. We used to outsource our recycling before, now we do it in-house, it is more economical and we are satisfied."
Sürmeli Plastik Co-owner Mr. Adil Burak CESUR said.
Materials that plastic recycling machines can process
Repro-Flex is specially designed for reprocessing a variety of post-industrial and post-consumer plastic materials. These include printed and non-printed PE & PP film, multi-layered film, shrink film, stretch film, PE and EPE, EPS, EPP foam, PP raffia regrind, thermoformed PS, PP materials, soft irrigation pipe, pre-shredded regrind, washed and dried film flakes from washing lines.
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( PE & PP Film ) -
( PP Raffia Regrind ) -
( Printed film ) -
Simple Machine Installation and Training
This June, Repro-Flex 100 cutter compactor plastic recycling machine has already installed in bag producers’ factory located in Istanbul, Esenyurt and started running to recycle in-house wastes with 300~350 kg/hr output capacity.
Despite the easy installation capability of Repro-Flex, given that this was the first recycling machine the plastic bag producer aquired, our local Turkish agent carried out the installation process with the operators of the customer. Thanks to the user-friendly interface, the operators of the bag producer were able to be trained in a short time and now run the machine smoothly.
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Resul Gökpınar
International SalesResul creates up-to-date content based on his experience, gained by solving customers' problems in Turkey and the EMEA market.