1. Plastics Recycling Industry – Opportunities and Challenges in SEE and Turkey
Mag. Philippe Kruschitz
Plant manager - Kruschitz GmbH
/ CEE Wirtschaftsforum Velden

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Facts & numbers
Plastic waste collected in Austria for material recycling
approx t/y
Recycling capacity in Austria
approx t/y
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Development
Expansion of recycling plants and capacities
New recycling plants
Slower increase of collected/sorted waste quant.
Increasing quality of recycling products
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Possible material processing :
Grinding of plastic waste (approx. 8 plants)
Production of compounds (approx. 4)
Processing of post consumer waste (7)
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Recycling industry in Austria:
Strong industry partners
Excellent know-how and technologies
Examples:
Erema
Starlinger
NGR
Lindner
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Kruschitz Group
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History
1959: Company Kruschitz GmbH was established
1990: Building of recycling plant in Haimburg 1999: Acquisition of PET-recycling plant in Völkermarkt (industrial zone) 2006: Start of "Bottle to Bottle"-recycling 2008: Company expansion – second plant in Kühnsdorf
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9. Plant 1:
PET-Recycling – film and pellets production
Bottle to Bottle recycling
Food contact certification
50 employees
Capacity t/y
Area: 8 ha

10. Input materials: - PET post-consumer bottles - PET preforms - PET production waste

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Plant 2:
Polyolefins and techn. plastics
Pellets production, compounds
90 employees
Capacity t/y
Area: 24 ha
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Business relations in SEE & Turkey:
Importance of local partners and contacts
Import & export: waste vs. Product
Freight and export costs (duties)
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Waste management in SEE and Turkey:
Quality and consistency of waste collection
Sorting capacities
Public awareness of recycling
Inland processing or directing waste streams towards Europe (overcapacity)
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Market for recycled plastics in SEE and Turkey:
Quality of material vs. prime/virgin material
Price sensitiveness
Problematic acceptance of recycl. material (TR)
Local representation (Plast Eurasia, agents)
Working with local branches of European partners
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16. Philippe Kruschitz / Kruschitz GmbH
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