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Technical Papers
PÖPPELMANN blue® initiative: The Pöppelmann KAPSTO® division is open for partnerships and concrete projects for better sustainability
nology sectors. “Our products provide temporary protection in most applications. When they are no longer needed, they are taken off and nally disposed of. Such disposable products or packaging items are of particular interest for the topic of recycling”, says Thor- sten Koldehoff, Sales Manager at Pöppelmannn KAPSTO®. This divi- sion faces various challenges in the quest for ways of achieving a closed material cycle.
For this to happen, the prod- ucts fed into it must be recycla- ble. This means that up to 100 percent of the recycled material used must be subsequently 100 percent recyclable. To tackle this, the KAPSTO® division resorts to various options. “Today, recycled plastics are often still mixed with new material in the recycling process. We are working on various options to ensure a closed cycle of plastics”, says Thorsten Koldehoff. One way is to use post-industrial regrind (PIR). This includes recy- cled materials based on plastic parts used in industrial sectors. These plastic parts can then be processed by compounding them to regranulate. Another way is to use regrinds. Even in this case, plastic parts are collected from the industry, ground by specialist companies, and sorted according to type and purity. Professional preparation creates a clean sec- ondary plastic with identical properties. Finally, there is also the possibility of using post-con- sumer regrind (PCR). This could be material such as the one obtained from the collection of recyclable products by the Grüne Punkt – Duales System Deutschland GmbH (DSD). This waste is selected, sorted according to type and purity, and also reprocessed. One
can also mix material from all these different sources. “We deal with all conceivable variants. We make our selection on a per-case basis, depending on the spe- ci c requirements of our users”, explains Thorsten Koldehoff.
The rst projects are already under- way at Pöppelmann KAPSTO®, for instance with a long-stand- ing KAPSTO® customer who uses the plastic elements to protect hydraulic lines against contam- ination before they are installed in the production line. The protec- tive caps are removed just before assembling the lines. Instead of ending up in the land ll, in future they will be collected and returned to Pöppelmann KAPSTO®. Since the plastic products come exclu- sively from the hydraulic assem- bly, they are barely contaminated and can be easily processed into recycled material. “Products from other application areas, which, for instance, could have large amounts of paint residues, com- plicate the recycling process if it is meant to produce an equivalent plastic for the same application. Therefore, this application area is ideally suited for one of our starter projects as part of our PÖPPEL- MANN blue® initiative”, points out happily Thorsten Koldehoff.
Taking on a globally leading position
Pöppelmann is of the view that the work on many different pro- jects falling under the PÖPPEL- MANN blue® initiative should be taken further. “We are convinced that solutions can only be found if we work together. That is why we want to build new partner- ships with other companies that are committed to sustainability.
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