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The rubbish is sorted, broken down, washed and then becomes recyclate. It can be melted down and made into something new. There are two types of recyclate: post-consumer, in other words the rubbish that lands up in our recycling bins, and post-industrial, so waste that is generated in factories, for instance from production processes. Where possible we use post-consumer recyclate at König + Neurath.*\",\"headline\":\"What actually is recyclate?\",\"component\":\"text_block\"},{\"_uid\":\"bfe9061e-9930-4a0b-8585-c510ed8a4e21\",\"text\":\"Sustainability has many aspects, from working conditions to manufacturing. We aim for a circular economy in our production This means we invest in materials that are recycled instead of raw materials – a strategy that allows us to follow the European Union “[Circular Economy Action Plan](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/strategy/circular-economy-action-plan_en)” or CEAP for short.\",\"headline\":\"Our goal is to be as sustainable as possible\",\"component\":\"text_block\"},{\"_uid\":\"59f83974-d27c-45ba-bab1-b095b83e4f7f\",\"quote\":\"Our strategy prioritises working with post-consumer material – and if that isn’t viable we use post-industrial material. We only choose a new material if neither is possible.\",\"author\":\"Claudia Wenzel, product ecology and certification\",\"component\":\"quote_block\",\"quote_small\":true},{\"_uid\":\"7a41cffc-36b4-4799-bf82-029a7530b126\",\"text\":\"Anyone working with recyclate will have to deal with limitations. For instance we are restricted in what we can offer in terms of colour. The reason for this is that the contents of the recycling bin is unlikely to be made up of pure white packaging, and the colour sorting won’t be perfect. Even a yoghurt pot usually has printing on it. So pure white recyclate is rare. We only offer HUG.Y in black because other colours, such as white, can be affected by colour variation. The other issue is that a recyclate does not have the same physical properties in production and processing as a new raw material. For example molten recyclate flows differently, which means we have to put more work into analysing flow behaviour and flow lines if we want to achieve a perfect finish quality. Furthermore recycled material often has different strength properties compared with primary materials. There are various reasons for this, for instance the glass fibres used for reinforcement are in some cases shortened during the recycling process. 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When recycled, the plastic stays in the market for 20 to 40 years without needing to manufacture new material. We have “locked” the plastic away from the world for an incredibly long time!\",\"author\":\"Stefan Nebel, Head of Product Management, Seating\",\"component\":\"quote_block\",\"quote_small\":true},{\"_uid\":\"71fab27a-392b-4c49-b053-c694e206378f\",\"text\":\"There are challenges to overcome when you’re manufacturing quality products from recycled material. 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