PET is the most recycled plastic in the world; US and European recycling rates for all types of plastics are 31% and 52%, respectively, significantly higher than Hong Kong's 12.3% rate. According to a co-owner, a Hong Kong circular supply chain facility barely uses 30% of its capacity because of inadequate infrastructure, a lackluster legislative framework, and mistrust from consumers.

The establishment of NLP was hailed by Patrick Healy, chairman of Swire Coca-Cola, as a "huge step" towards the company's goal of "closing the loop." The 6,500-square-meter, state-of-the-art factory costing US$11.6 million to create. The ceremony took place in December 2022.

In reference to the creation of an unparalleled circular supply chain, all of Hong Kong's abandoned PET bottles—which were used to package locally produced beverages—are gathered and converted into recycled PET (rPET) pellets, which are then utilized to make new containers.

The recycling of PET bottles has attracted global attention. Although the overall global recycling rate has increased, this is far from enough. Regarding the recycling of PET bottles, there are not a lot of recycling equipment currently available, but it is possible to recycle PET to produce plastic particles and food-grade rPET. GREENMAX is currently constantly improving and innovating its equipment for recycling PET!

A few years ago, the types of GREENMAX PET bottle recycling machines were relatively single. There was only the P series PET dewatering machine. The main working principle was to squeeze out and collect the residual liquid in PET bottles to achieve emptying of the liquid and compression of the bottles. Now GREENMAX continues to enrich the types of PET bottle recycling machines, designing and manufacturing vertical balers and horizontal balers. In today’s article you can get an overview of the recycling principles of vertical balers. The principle of vertical baler is mainly to compress and pack PET bottles. First, throw the PET bottles into the compression bin of the vertical baler. After closing the bin door, the machine will start to compress. After all the PET bottles are compressed, use ropes to tie the compressed PET bottles.

GREENMAX PET recycling machine can make good preliminary preparations for recycling PET bottles. The focuses of these two types of machines are different. If you also want to recycle PET bottles, please feel free to consult us!