The image shows a Starlinger recoSTAR PET 215 HC iV+ PET bottle-to-bottle recycling system at the facility of the Indian plastic recycler Alpha Ecoplast. The system consists of two large, round metal preheating containers, as well as an elongated machine housing running towards the back of the building, featuring a prominent red stripe and the Starlinger company logo. The equipment is set up in a spacious, industrial production hall. Several pipes, lines, and staircases providing access to higher machine components are visible. The recycling system is designed to process used PET bottles into new raw material, supporting the circular economy of plastic recycling.

The Starlinger recoSTAR PET 215 HC iV+ PET bottle-to-bottle recycling system installed at Alpha Ecoplast’s new recycling facility near Kosamba, Gujarat, has a production capacity of more than 21,000 tons of super-clean, bottle-grade rPET per year. © Alpha Ecoplast

recoSTAR 215 HC iV+ for Indian Recycler Alpha Ecoplast

Mid of October 2024 Alpha Ecoplast Pvt. Ltd., a member of Alpha Group, commissioned a Starlinger recoSTAR PET 215 HC iV+ PET bottle-to-bottle recycling system in their new facility near the city of Kosamba, Gujarat State.

The recoSTAR PET 215 HC iV+ features Starlinger’s biggest single extruder size, reaching an output of up to 2,700 kg of bottle-grade pellets per hour. The PET bottle-to-bottle recycling system is equipped with a pre-drying unit, high-vacuum degassing, a continuous filtration system, and an underwater pelletizer. The viscoSTAR SSP reactor installed at the end of the recycling process further increases the viscosity and level of decontamination of the produced pellets. The entire recycling process is based on the FIFO principle, ensuring uniform treatment of every single flake at the front end and each pellet at the back end for outstanding food-contact decontamination. Like all Starlinger recycling systems, the recoSTAR PET 215 HC iV+ is characterized by low energy consumption, excellent production efficiency and user-friendliness.

The rPET pellets produced on Starlinger’s recoSTAR PET recycling lines have been approved for food-contact applications by national and international authorities such as the FDA (USA) and EFSA (EU), as well as by important brand owners in the food and beverage sector. Alpha Ecoplast recycles domestically collected post-consumer PET bottles and produces bottle-grade rPET pellets as well as food-grade suitable rPET flakes which it supplies to the Indian and international markets. To meet the rapidly growing demand on the market, Alpha Ecoplast already placed an order for a second Starlinger PET bottle-to-bottle recycling system of the same size.

About Alpha Group

Established in 1980, Alpha Group is India’s leading provider of rigid and flexible plastic packaging solutions with a production capacity of more than seven million PET bottle preforms per day. In 2022, it established its subsidiary Alpha Ecoplast Pvt. Lt., thus addressing the need for bottle-to-bottle recycling and recycled plastics on the Indian market. The facility went operational in August 2024 and has a recycling capacity of more than three billion plastic bottles per year. Alpha Ecoplast also supplies deodorized recycled PE and PP for injection moulding, films, bottles and other applications.

 

For more information please visit https://alphaecoplast.com