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Toyo Ink Europe Specialty Chemicals Develops Near-Infrared Sortable Black Masterbatch

New technology enables the sorting of black plastic packaging for recycling.

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By: Anthony Locicero

Copy editor, New York Post

Toyo Ink Europe Specialty Chemicals S.A.S. (TIESC), a member of the Toyo Ink Group, developed a new range of Lioplax black plastic masterbatch for near-infrared (NIR) sorting and subsequent material recovery.    The new packaging masterbatch supports the recyclability of black plastic waste that is currently destined for landfills, thus helping customers in closing the loop on the circular economy.   Presently, plastic waste sorting is based on automatic optical sorting methods with the ...

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