Post-consumer recyclates for the automotive industry

WIS Kunststoffe, Breitungen, has been involved in professional plastics recycling for over 25 years and has increasingly focussed on high-quality applications in recent years. Processors are now increasingly focussing on the CO2 footprint of plastic products. "This can be reduced particularly efficiently through the use of post-consumer recyclates (PCR)," emphasises authorised signatory Daniel Römhild. "We can also offer our customers a CO2 calculation to clearly show the savings when using recyclates compared to virgin materials."

However, processing and ensuring consistently high material quality is anything but trivial. This is particularly true for recompounds that are fed from the post-consumer material stream. While post-industrial goods are usually available unmixed and without impurities, post-consumer waste, for example from the Yellow Bag or other material streams, must first be sorted and washed at great expense before it can be recompounded.Investing in more sustainability
Römhild explains: "We have invested extensively in our machinery and our analysis laboratory in recent years and now also produce PCR-based recompounds with guaranteed properties for the automotive industry. The energy required for this is generated 100% sustainably by the recently installed in-house photovoltaic system. The knowledge we have gained over many years about high-quality products in other sectors, such as cosmetics, household, gardening and other technical applications, has helped in the development of this new product range. With our materials, processors can simultaneously achieve the recyclate quota required by regulations and be sure that they are processing a material that fulfils the agreed specifications at all times."