Background: Ms. Hatice Kılıç, a 43-year-old with a master’s degree in industrial engineering, launched her plastic recycling business in 2022 in Ankara’s Sincan Industrial Zone—Turkey’s major industrial hub with automotive and electronics factories. Her 1,800-square-meter large-scale factory employs 25 workers, focusing on processing industrial plastic waste (plastic parts, packaging, injection molding scrap) from local factories. Ankara’s industrial zone generates over 10 tons of plastic waste daily, much of which is dumped in landfills, violating Turkey’s Industrial Waste Management Act. Hatice aimed to tap into the high demand for recycled plastic particles from local industrial manufacturers, so she invested in a full-automatic Plastic Recycling Machine to handle large volumes of industrial waste efficiently. A full-automatic Recycling Machine was essential to reduce labor costs and scale her business.
Plastic Recycling Machine
The Challenge
Ms. Hatice faced three key challenges. First, industrial plastic waste is highly mixed (ABS, PE, PP) with high impurity content (metal, rubber), requiring extensive manual sorting that accounted for 48% of her labor costs; the sorting accuracy was only 74%, leading to poor particle quality. Second, traditional manual processing had a daily capacity of only 5.2 tons, which was unable to keep up with her 12-ton daily raw material collection, resulting in backlogs and lost revenue. Third, industrial plastic parts are tough and difficult to plasticize, causing traditional Plastic Recycling Machine models to produce uneven particles with a qualification rate of 65%. Additionally, she needed a Recycling Machine that could comply with Turkey’s environmental standards for wastewater discharge (BOD < 25 mg/L) to avoid penalties.
The Solution
We provided Ms. Hatice with a TL-1080 full-automatic Plastic Machine, customized for Ankara’s industrial plastic waste and local environmental standards—popular among Turkey’s large-scale industrial recycling projects. The specific configuration of this Plastic Recycling Machine includes:
- Intelligent automatic sorting system with optical sensors and metal detectors, which separates ABS, PE, and PP plastics, removes metal and rubber impurities—reducing manual sorting by 90% and boosting accuracy to 99% with the Recycling Machine.
- High-power 75KW motor and large-scale screw (L/D Ratio 1:37), enabling a daily processing capacity of 14 tons to meet large-scale industrial recycling needs with the Plastic Recycling Machine.
- High-temperature plasticization system (up to 290℃) and dual-position vacuum exhaust, effectively plasticizing tough industrial plastic parts to improve particle quality with the Recycling Machine.
- Wastewater treatment system that filters and purifies cleaning wastewater, meeting Turkey’s BOD < 20 mg/L discharge standard for the Plastic Machine.
- Free technical training for 12 workers, 1 year of free maintenance, and on-site troubleshooting within 24 hours in Ankara to minimize downtime for the Plastic Recycling Machine.
Plastic Recycling Machine
The Results
After 6 months of operation, the Recycling Machine transformed Ms. Hatice’s factory. The daily processing capacity of the Plastic Machine increased from 5.2 tons to 14.56 tons—a 180% improvement—allowing her to process all collected industrial waste and accept additional orders with the Plastic Recycling Machine. Labor costs dropped by 48%, saving her 110,000 TL per month, thanks to the automatic sorting function of the Recycling Machine. The qualification rate rose to 98%, with particles suitable for high-grade industrial products like automotive parts, increasing the selling price by 42% (from 55 TL/kg to 78.1 TL/kg). The wastewater treatment system of the Plastic Recycling passed environmental inspections, eliminating penalty risks. Ms. Hatice signed long-term supply contracts with 3 local automotive factories, increasing her monthly income by 135% (from 20,000 TL to 47,000 TL). “This Plastic Recycling Machine is full-automatic and high-capacity—it handles industrial waste effortlessly and produces particles that meet my clients’ high standards,” Ms. Hatice said. Her factory was awarded the “Best Industrial Recycling Unit” by the Ankara Industrial Zone Authority.
FAQ
Q1: Can this Recycling Machine separate mixed industrial plastic waste (ABS, PE, PP)? A1: Yes, the intelligent sorting system separates different plastics and removes impurities with 99% accuracy.
Q2: What is the daily processing capacity of the Plastic Recycling Machine? A2: The high-capacity design enables a daily processing capacity of 14 tons, meeting large-scale industrial recycling needs in Ankara.
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