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Siegwerk, Wildplastic, TU-Hamburg Partner on Deinking

Collaboration to increase LDPE packaging recyclability sees success in deinking trials.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

Siegwerk has partnered with German startup Wildplastic and the Hamburg University of Technology (TU-Hamburg), aiming to increase the recyclability of plastic waste. One way to achieve this is by successfully deinking the collected waste before entering the recycling extrusion process. The partners conducted initial trials at the end of 2022, with very successful results. Of the billions of tons of plastic that have been produced worldwide, only about 9% has been recycled, and about 12% ends u...

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