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For this, in addition to their store, they have a workshop open to the public where they organize residences, courses, events and offer training and waste management services to other companies.\u003C/p>",[824],{"name":825,"type":553,"value":825},"https://reifuruguay.org.uy/",{"id":227,"type":515,"cta":6,"cta_link":6,"created_at":827,"updated_at":828,"owner_id":4,"owner_relationship":518,"views":506,"owner":829,"image":830,"contributors":833,"article_locations":835,"article_industries":836,"view_count":506,"like_count":506,"collection_count":541,"content":839,"can_edit":555},"2023-01-03T11:59:06.421Z","2025-01-17T15:51:20.060Z",{"id":4,"type":5,"owner_id":4,"about":6,"job_title":6,"url":6,"linkedin":6,"email":6,"staff_of_id":6,"organisation_id":6,"organisation":6},{"id":831,"link":832,"alt":6,"source":6,"created_at":827,"updated_at":828,"article_id":227,"image_profile_id":6,"banner_profile_id":6},"K3jKIazGmq4=","https://kh-assets.prod.circularity-gap.world/main-image/1778154938915-W270JXR0.jpeg",[834],{"contributor_id":4},[],[837],{"article_id":227,"industry_id":612,"created_at":528,"updated_at":6,"industry":838},{"id":612,"name":614,"description":615,"sector":616},{"id":840,"score":506,"body":841,"status":554,"article_id":227,"created_at":827,"updated_at":828,"published_at":827},"uR6P",{"title":842,"problem":584,"summary":843,"solution":844,"attachment":845},"Amerplast - reuse of post industrial polyethylene waste","\u003Cp>Amerplast is a well-known producer of high-quality plastic film, laminates and bags for the food and hygiene segments in Europe. The compamny has invested in recycling machines to be able to reuse its own post industrial waste.\u003C/p>","\u003Cp>Amerplast has been using recycled plastic (polyethylene) in its production since the early 1990s. The company traditional recycled plastic products have been carrier bags, which today contain well over 90% recycled plastic. Amerplast production utilises polyethylene waste generated in its own production as well as recycled plastic collected from other industrial sources and from Finnish households.\u003C/p>\u003Cp>In order to increase the efficiency of its internal plastic recycling and to promote the wider use of recycled plastics in various flexible packaging solutions, Amerplast has invested in EREMA’s Intarema 1108 TE recycling equipment, which represents the latest technology.\u003C/p>",[846],{"name":847,"type":553,"value":847},"https://amerplast.com/blog/material-efficiency-circular-economy/",[]]