Find The Right Recycling Route For Your Industry
The right solution starts with your application and material.
Industry requirements, material stream, throughput and target quality all influence the recycling route.
MAS compares suitable recycling, compounding, PET and retrofit options to define the right configuration for your application.
How MAS Uses Industry Context To Select A Route
Every plastics-processing business has different input materials, contamination levels, moisture conditions, throughput requirements and output-quality targets. MAS therefore does not select a recycling system based on the industry category alone.
Instead, MAS combines three evidence sets: application requirements such as product properties, customer specifications and regulatory context; the real input material, including form, composition, contamination, moisture and variability; and operating conditions such as current equipment, throughput, utilities, staffing and economics. The team then compares the simplest suitable route, an integrated system and—where relevant—a retrofit, and validates the choice with representative material and agreed acceptance criteria.
This industry overview helps film recyclers, PET recyclers, packaging producers, compounders, post-consumer and post-industrial recyclers, plastics processors and existing-line operators identify the MAS process route most relevant to their operation.
Choose Your Industry and Relevant MAS Route
Use this overview to match the industry context with the most relevant MAS route. The green page names link to the respective MAS pages.
| Industry Or Application | Typical Business Need | Relevant MAS Route | Typical MAS Starting Point |
| Plastics recycling companies | Stable systems for difficult or changing plastic fractions. | MAS Twin-Screw Extruders, Technical Test Center | Material testing + process consultation |
| Film recyclers | Stable intake, densification and melt quality for low-bulk-density materials. | Film Recycling, PreDensifier | Material testing + PreDensifier evaluation |
| PET recyclers | rPET quality, IV stability, decontamination and reliable downstream quality. | PET Recycling, HyperPET | PET material test + HyperPET route |
| Packaging producers | Recycled PET, PET sheet routes or suitable direct film extrusion paths. | HyperPET, MAS 110 | PET route review + MAS 110 evaluation |
| Compounders and re-compounders | Blending, degassing, filtration and value-added material modification. | Re-Compounding, Twin Compound | Re-compounding evaluation + filtration check |
| Post-consumer recyclers | Variable streams with contamination, moisture, odor, fines or melt-quality challenges. | DRD Dry Cleaner, CDF Melt Filters | Contamination assessment + filtration route |
| Post-industrial recyclers | Production scrap, regrind, flakes and industrial material streams. | Re-Compounding, Material Testing | Regrind test + re-compounding route |
| Existing line operators | Extrusion lines limited by throughput, degassing, filtration or pellet quality. | Upgrade Lines, Lifecycle Support | Existing line audit + upgrade concept |
| Industrial plastics processors | Validation of new mass flows, additives, process changes or output targets. | Project Engineering, Automation | Material test + project engineering review |
When An iQONIC Twin Platform May Fit
These integrated platforms are options only after material, process and application requirements are defined. A simpler MAS machine, modular line or targeted retrofit may be more appropriate when fewer stages are needed.
HyperPET
Evaluate when a PET project has justified IV-development, decontamination or defined food-contact targets.
PreDensifier
Evaluate when lightweight film or fibres require controlled densification to ensure stable, consistent feeding and reliable downstream processing.
Regrind
Evaluate when recycling must be combined with filtration, degassing, additive dosing or re-compounding.
How MAS Supports Different Industry Needs
Recyclers Handling Variable Or Contaminated Streams
Relevant for plastics recycling companies and post-consumer recycling operations. These projects often face changing input quality, moisture, fines, heavy particles, odor, non-melting residues and fluctuating melt quality.
- Use material testing when the input stream or output quality is uncertain.
- Use DRD Dry Cleaning where suitable streams need dry cleaning, drying or heavy-particle separation before extrusion.
- Use CDF Melt Filtration when the melt path requires continuous contaminant removal.
Film, Flexible Packaging And Low-Bulk-Density Operations
Relevant for film recyclers, flexible packaging operations and some packaging producers. The central issue is stable intake and consistent extrusion behavior for light, bulky or difficult-to-feed material streams.
- Use PreDensification when films, fibers, nonwovens, fleece or other light materials need stable feeding.
- Combine pre-densification with MAS conical twin-screw extrusion and CDF Melt Filtration where melt quality must be stabilized.
- Use DRD Dry Cleaning when input preparation requires removal of suitable dry contaminants before downstream processing.
PET Recyclers And Packaging-Quality Applications
Relevant for PET recyclers and packaging producers targeting sheet-grade, bottle-grade, closed-loop or food-grade rPET applications. The configuration must protect material properties and support demanding output requirements.
- Use HyperPET where PET recycling requires extrusion combined with SSP-based quality improvement.
- Use MAS 110 and material testing where PET process behavior, output quality and line configuration need validation.
- Use project engineering to align the route with sheet, bottle, closed-loop or food-grade application requirements.
Compounders, Re-Compounders And Post-Industrial Processors
Relevant for companies upgrading regrind, polyolefins, flakes or production scrap into stable granulate or value-added re-compounds. The main requirement is controlled material modification, degassing, filtration and output consistency.
- Use MAS conical twin-screw extrusion for homogenization, degassing and stable melt preparation.
- Use CDF Melt Filtration where contamination or non-melting residues affect quality.
- Use re-compounding routes where additives, fillers, blending or melt modification are part of the target output.
Existing Recycling Line Operators
Relevant for operators that already run extrusion lines but need better throughput, degassing, melt filtration or pellet quality. MAS Upgrade Lines are the route when replacing the full line is not the first objective.
- Use Upgrade Lines when existing systems are constrained by contamination, volatile components, throughput limits or pellet quality.
- Use CDF Melt Filtration and cascade degassing additions where the current melt path is the bottleneck.
- Use lifecycle support and project engineering to evaluate retrofit feasibility and system integration.
Find The MAS Technology Route For Your Application
Share the real material stream, current process, industry/application requirements, throughput target, output-quality criteria, applicable standards and business objective. MAS will compare feasible routes, identify limitations, define whether testing is required and agree the evidence needed for the next decision.
Select A Configuration With Evidence
| Business Question | Information Required | Decision Supported |
| What input material is processed? | Film, PET, regrind, flakes, rigid plastics, production scrap or mixed streams. | Define preparation and feasible process routes |
| What does the application require? | Product properties, customer specification, recycled-content target and regulatory context | Define output acceptance criteria and validation responsibility |
| What is the current process problem? | Existing equipment, measured bottleneck, throughput, yield, quality and downtime | Compare optimisation, targeted retrofit and new-line routes |
| How variable is the input? | Batch/campaign range, feeding, rheology and contaminant variability | Define operating window, automation and recipe strategy |
| What output and capacity are required? | Throughput, uptime, pellet/material properties, downstream use and campaign plan | Size the line and required modules |
| What must be proven? | Test methods, sample plan, pass/fail limits and responsible approvers | Agree material/process trial and decision gate |
Why Industry Configuration Starts With Validation
An industry label does not prove that a material can be processed at the required quality, throughput or cost. Use a representative sample and define the application requirement before selecting equipment. The validation plan should cover material identity and variability; preparation and feeding; moisture, volatiles and contamination; extrusion, degassing and filtration behaviour; output properties; throughput, yield and stability; and application/regulatory requirements.
MATERIAL & LINE DATA → TEST PLAN & CRITERIA → ROUTE COMPARISON → VERIFIED OUTPUT & OPERATING WINDOW → CONFIGURATION & BUSINESS CASE
Continue By Material Or Process
By Material
Know your input material? Use the By Material page to compare PET, film, rigid plastics, regrind, contaminated plastics, flakes and fibers.
By process
Know the process step you need? Use the By Process page to explore dry cleaning, densification, extrusion, melt filtration, re-compounding, PET treatment, upgrades and material testing.
