EREMA's Markus Huber-Lindinger on building recycling lines that handle variability without sacrificing output quality

"Specialisation at the edges, flexibility in the core"

As post-consumer plastic streams grow more complex — lower bulk density, higher contamination, wider odour load — recycling equipment makers are being forced to rethink what flexibility actually means. Markus Huber-Lindinger, Managing Director at EREMA, argues the answer is neither a universal machine nor full specialisation, but something in between: platforms that can be targeted quickly for defined material families without sacrificing output quality.

May 18, 2026

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