Shredding plastic waste for better sorting and recycling
Plastic waste is a valuable resource that can be recycled and reused or made into alternative fuel (RDF/SRF). The recycling process usually starts with shredding, which produces material suitable for further processing. To generate RDF/SRF, the plastic waste must first be pre-shredded before passing through our fine-shredder, which refines it into a uniform product.
At M&J Recycling, our powerful shredders are engineered to process all types of plastic waste – from soft films and rigid containers to packaging, and even PET bales without shredding the bottles. With robust cutting systems and intelligent design, our shredders turn problematic plastics into a consistent grain size that’s easier to sort, recycle, or convert into alternative fuel (RDF/SRF).
Explore our shredders for plastic waste below.
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Waste shredders for
Municipal solid waste
Mixed household waste from residential areas – often contains organic waste, paper products, plastics, glass, metals and more.
Commercial and industrial waste
Mixed waste from businesses, industrial facilities etc. – e.g. packaging waste, production offcuts, bulky and mixed general waste
Construction and demolition waste
Mixed debris from building and demolition sites – e.g., concrete, bricks, wood, glass, insulation, and more.
Post-consumer plastic bag opening
Post-consumer waste plastics bags, such as the yellow bags collected in Germany.
Waste wood & wood stumps
Discarded timber, pallets, wood stumps, treated lumber, sawmill residue, cable drums, crates, veneer wood, plywood sheets etc.
Bulky waste
Large, odd-sized items such as mattresses, furniture, timber, kitchen appliances, pallets and more.
Paper and cardboard
Recyclable fiber-based materials like cardboard boxes, paper rolls, corrugated cardboard,
paper products and packaging.
RDF/SRF
Pre-shredded materials with high energy content – often MSW or C&I waste – targeted production of alternative fuels like RDF and SRF.
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Processing plastic waste at Denmark's largest plastic waste sorting facility
Watch two M&J K210 pre-shredders processing plastic waste at ReSource Denmark.