The joint venture REKS LLC, a recycling plant focused on the sorting, separating, washing and recycling plastic waste streams of supermarket chains, retailers and distribution centres, among others, started its first production of regranulates in August.
Watch REKS LLC's corporate video below.
We can already conclude that the results can be called astonishing. The joint efforts of KRAS Recycling, KIVO and our local Kosovo partners to build a state-of-the-art recycling plant in a short time and implement a process completely new to a country like Kosovo were thus fully rewarded.
REKS focuses mainly on recycling LDPE and LLDPE films. The production line is specially equipped to handle large quantities of stretch film as well.
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By manually separating unprinted transparent LDPE films without labels, films with labels, stretch films, lightly printed films and heavily printed/coloured films, REKS is able to produce the highest possible grades of transparent LDPE and LLDPE recycled raw materials from Post Consumer Recycled content (PCR).
Its outstanding quality enables it, through alliances with supermarkets and retailers, recyclers (such as KRAS), plastic producers (including ourselves) and the packaging industry to achieve fully circular flows (closed loops). Think, for example, of shrink films, stretch films and collection bags that, after being used by retailers and distribution centres, are collected by KRAS, sorted and processed into new raw material by REKS and then reused by KIVO and partners in the production of new shrink films, stretch films and collection bags.
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REKS processes waste streams from Europe and the Balkan region. Its current capacity is 10,000 tonnes per year with the aim of doubling this already by the end of 2020. Where previously these waste streams were shipped in huge quantities from Europe to Asia, or processed into lower quality (less homogeneous) regranulates within Europe, REKS now offers with this capacity an answer to the increased export problems and the rising need for high-quality plastic packaging with recycled content. The plant meets all high European requirements for e.g. water management, energy management, health and safety requirements, REACH and residual waste treatment. Processes to make the plant Eucertplast certified are therefore under way.
KIVO already produces clear shrink films with 50% PCR (recycled raw materials from REKS) with a thickness of 35my, potting soil films with as much as 80% PCR from REKS and transparent and translucent collection bags of as much as 99% PCR.
As already mentioned, KIVO is committed to further sustainability of plastic packaging. The number of applications using raw materials from REKS will therefore only increase.
If You are also interested in what KIVO can do for your company in this, please feel free to take contact with us.
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