Iowa - based recycling Green Line Polymers has installed the world 's biggest recycling machine , developed by Austrian firm NGR . The company uses a shredder - feeder - extruder configuration to recycle 500 tons of recycled plastic - including post - industrial PE - per hour , which is then recycled into raw materials for Green Line Polymer 's parent company , Advanced Drainage Systems .
Iowa-based outfit Green Line Polymers has installed the world's biggest recycling machine, developed by Austrian firm NGR. The machine uses a shredder-feeder-extruder configuration to recycle 4,000 pounds of scrap plastic - including post-industrial PE - per hour, which is then turned into raw materials for Green Line Polymer's parent company, Advanced Drainage Systems.