Sustainability 04. August 2020

We are experiencing a rethink. Awareness of the finite nature of fossil resources has grown significantly in recent decades, and the increasingly clear signs of climate change and environmental pollution have shown at the latest: We must learn to use our resources sparingly and sustainably. Plastics in particular are criticised in this aspect, as they are mostly made from petroleum and cannot be completely degraded naturally.

For this reason, we at AZO are intensively involved with the topic of recycling and the question of how plastics can be successfully processed and reused without having to accept too great a loss of quality. Upcycling is the keyword – a type of recycling in which reprocessing results in a product that is at least as high quality or higher quality than the original material.Depending on the type of raw material and industry, this results in very specific challenges.