These are new dimensions of raw material utilization in Austria: a good year after the groundbreaking ceremony, the sorting plant in Ennshafen is running in trial operation, and regular operation will start in the summer.
Plastic packaging comes to Ennshafen in the yellow bag or yellow bin, is transported on 2.5 kilometers of conveyor belts over six floors, passes through 57 sorting units and is pressed into bales to be picked up. The system is highly automated, with 60 employees initially operating the devices, checking and sometimes intervening manually, as was seen during the on-site inspection on Monday.
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It is a joint project between the Mollner family business Bernegger, which owns 22 hectares of land in Ennshafen, Altstoff Recycling Austria (ARA) and the German “Der Grüne Punkt Holding”. 65 million euros were invested, of which 18 million came as funding from the federal government.
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Image: Markus Schneeberger
Source: Nachrichten
