IGUS INITIATES IGUS GREEN CHAINGE RECYCLING PROGRAM

摘要

With 'igus green chainge recycling program', the motion plastics specialist igus is now doing something completely new: users can send their plastic chains to igus for recycling -completely irrespective of the manufacturer. The igus green chainge recycling program will start in Germany and then be implemented locally in many other markets such as China, the USA, Japan, Taiwan and Korea. The program aims to recycle plastic from energy chains and reuse them for new products. To this end, users can send their old out-of-use plastic energy chains to igus after cleaning them - completely irrespective of the chain's actual manufacturer. The plastics are then sorted, cleaned, shredded and packed. After this, they can be reused by igus or other companies to produce high-quality technical products. In return, the customer receives a voucher amounting to 0.78 euros per kilogram. Frank Blase, CEO, igus GmbH said: "With igus chainge recycling program, ingus aims to contribute to a reduction of plastic waste and improvement the recycling process. As the world's biggest manufacturer of plastic energy chains, we already recycle 99% of the plastic waste that occurs in production to reuse it as re-granulate. The chainge program is now the next important step in the direction of sustainable business operations."