February 18, 2020 - Plastics Recycling Update

February 18, 2020 - Plastics Recycling Update

APR in the News

Attractive innovation: Magnets help on bottle recycling obstacle

A startup that supplies an ink allowing shrink sleeve labels to be separated from PET flakes with a magnet has successfully completed early testing of the innovation.

Ravish Majithia, founder and CEO of Watertown, Mass.-based Magnomer, told Plastics Recycling Update his company completed the first phase of a pilot project involving labels company American Fuji Seal, a major beverage brand, and independent testing lab Plastics Forming Enterprises (PFE). He could not disclose the name of the beverage brand.

Magnomer developed magnetizable inks that allow reclaimers to remove labels with magnets, which are already used to ensure ferrous metals don’t contaminate flakes or get into extruders. Magnomer’s inks can be produced in various colors or as a transparent ink, and are applied with standard label printing equipment, Majithia said.

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