Think of the end at the beginning - Recycling becomes a real cycle at the Ebensee plant

07.05.2025 POLYTEC SOLUTION FORCE

With POLYTEC SOLUTION FORCE, we are pooling our expertise in materials, technology and product development. Our goal: solutions that really fit. We get involved early: from the first sketch to the start of series production, we accompany the process step by step - with a clear focus on what our customers need and what the environment demands.

We think outside the box and beyond pure production - towards an intelligent cycle in which energy, materials and processes are perfectly harmonised. It doesn't matter which technology is used for production later on. We translate ideas into plastic solutions that work and are well thought out right through to recycling.

Production without compromise

At the Austrian POLYTEC plant in Ebensee, foldable reuseable plastic boxes are produced in a fully automated injection moulding process - CO₂-neutral, with green electricity and heat from wood chips. No natural gas, no fossil fuels. The process is cooled with groundwater. More than half of our machines work with energy-efficient eco-drive technology. And when a container is finally worn out after 80 to 100 cycles? Then it doesn't end up in the rubbish bin, but is processed into new raw material in our recycling plant. In this way, around four million boxes can be reintroduced into the cycle every year.

Circulation instead of waste

Since 2022, this has been taking place in our state-of-the-art recycling facility right next to the production plant in Ebensee. Here, used logistics boxes are shredded, washed and processed into new raw material, which is then moulded into new boxes next door - fully automatically, resource-efficiently and with minimal energy and water consumption. The recycling plant fulfils the highest standards, including for the food industry. This closes the cycle - not just once, but again and again. Because throwing away is a thing of the past. Today, what counts is what remains and can be used again and again.

RPC = Reusable Packaging Container

Cradle-to-Cradle: We enable certifications

These reusable containers are not off the shelf. They protect sensitive products such as food and help to significantly reduce packaging waste. But their potential goes even further - all the way to cradle-to-cradle certification. This certification looks at the entire life cycle of a product: from production to use and recycling. For a product to fulfil the strict requirements, it needs a well thought-out design, suitable materials and a production process that is geared towards the circular economy.

This is exactly where we come in. Our production processes are designed in such a way that they create the basic prerequisites for subsequent cradle-to-cradle certification. Together with our customers, we analyse materials, optimise processes and develop solutions that consistently support the circular concept. The result is not just a functional product - but one that can circulate in a closed material cycle.

Plastic logistics boxes have been recycled on a large scale at the POLYTEC plant in Ebensee since 2022.

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