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Q&A
footprint, which is
huge. Besides that,
the technology is
still in an early
stage of development
in
compar i son
to mechanical
recycling.
Also, to me,
it's very much
thinking from
the traditional,
'virgin'
point of view,
where perfection
is the goal.
Using recyclate
demands more
flexibility, creativity
Umincorp's trays from recycled material are currently available in a major
grocery store as a packaging material for fruit.
that in those three years?
There is going to be an unbelievable
shortage of recycled
material, especially high-quality
recycled material. Two-thirds of
packaging is non-food, so let's
start with that. That's enough of
a challenge as it is, without also
worrying about producing foodgrade
recyclate.
What about chemical recycling,
as a complement to mechanical?
Well,
for me, the problem with
chemical recycling is the CO2
and another design approach.
I think that if the
technology for mechanical
recycling continues to develop -
through the use of scanning and
recognition and more traceability
through the whole chain - and
if the regulations evolve, as well,
we should be able to achieve far
more. Mechanical recycling is
far more interesting, ecologically
and economically speaking,
than chemical recycling technologies.
In my opinion, there is
a place for chemical recycling,
but mechanical recycling will
need to do the biggest part.
How has the market responded
to your materials?
To make an impact on the recycling
of plastics, it is not enough
for us, as recyclers, just to do our
very best. All the players in the
chain need to change, including
consumers, brand owners, retailers
and designers. We are all
dependent on each other, in a
way that reflects the vulnerable
balance in nature. If designers
continue to create hard-to-recycle
products or consumers
prove unwilling to spend a few
extra cents, the concept of the
urban mine won't work.
To reach our goal of packaging-to-packaging
recycling, it's
not enough to just sell our flakes
and optimize our technologies.
We need to be active across
the entire chain; we are working
to influence brand owners,
influence regulations, influence
converters, to give people the
knowledge and examples to
take the right decisions.
IrgaCycle™
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