Advanced feedstock assessment
for Chemical Recycling
Ensuring quality, compliance & performance from day one.
The Laboratory of the Competence Center for Plastic Recycling is Europe’s top hub for scientific material analysis and trusted by global industry leaders. We transform regulatory complexity into clear, certifiable compliance so companies worldwide can confidently access, place, and trade recycled plastics on the European market.
Why choose us? – Your gateway to reliable, high quality, verified feedstock data for chemical recycling
Systematic, evidence-based characterization of feedstocks in different forms, including light fraction, regrind, agglomerates, and various material types (polyolefins, polyesters).
• Readiness for advanced chemical recycling technologies
• Suitability for global markets & long‑term industrial use
Our integrated scientific approach accelerates next‑generation recycled material development – combining technology,
compliance, and measurable sustainability.
Supporting market access beyond EU borders
Scientific analysis & material verification
Systematic characterization of feedstocks in different forms to ensure quality suitability for chemical recycling.
Assessment of material consistency, purity, composition, and potential contaminants, as well as monitoring of geo-
graphical and seasonal influences on feedstock availability.
Capabilities & documentation include
- Evidence‑based characterisation of feedstocks (light frac- tions, regrind, agglomerates; polyolefins, polyesters, etc.)
- Feedstock Data Bank – Comprehensive database capturing variability across sources
- Qualitative analysis of composition, thermal & physical properties
- Identification of contaminants, additives & impurities
- Verification of material consistency across regions,suppliers & seasons
- Compliance checks with EU regulations
Benefits at a glance
• Validated feedstocks
• Comparable, reproducible & transparent data
• Strong basis for procurement & strategic decisions
• Foundation for product development & quality assurance
• Tailored for petrochemical, chemical recycling & material processing industries
Benefits at a glance
Plastic composition
Data—polymer identification, additive profiling, contaminants, and NIAS
Systematic, evidence-based characterization of recycled plastics via validated methods, providing full quantitative and qualitative composition data—polymer identification, additive profiling, contaminants, and NIAS.
Rely on our technical expertise of our EN/ISO 17025 accredited laboratory in Maribor
Regulatory verification
REACH, PPWR, EU product compliance
Verification of regulatory conformity with applicable EU frameworks, including REACH, the PPWR, and other relevant EU legislation
EU Product compliance made easy. Our experts will help & lead you to your regulatory product compliance
Proof & documentation
Abfallwirtschaftskonzept vor Standorteröffnung (Planungs-AWK)
Preparation of robust scientific and technical documentation to substantiate compliance claims, support regulatory submissions, and enable informed regulatory decision-making and market placement.
Compliance proof & technical documentation to anable a efficient product management.
“In our view, sustainable innovations are the right way to achieve the goals of the EU plastics strategy and to successfully further develop the circular economy in Europe.”
Dr. Manica Ulcnik-Krump
Managing Director Interzero Plastics Innovations
Method & composition analyis
- extrusion
- injection molding process
- agglomeration
- elutriation
- Determination of ball indentation hardness
- Determination of impact properties (Izod)
- Determination of impact properties (Charpy)
- Determination of tear resistance (films)
- Determination of the drop load (bottles)
- Determination of the head load (bottles)
- Determination of tensile properties
- Determination of heat deflection temperature (HDT)
- Determination of the softening temperature (VICAT)
- Determination of bending properties
- Determination of melt mass flow rate (MFR) and melt volume flow rate (MVR)
- Determination of the flammability of plastics (HB; V-0, V-1, V-2)
- Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIR) simulation of sorting
- Mobile NIR near-infrared spectroscopy
- sink-float analysis
- aging simulation (temperature and humidity)
- colorimetry
- Morphological examination (microscopy)
- sieve analysis
- determination of NaCl
- mirror shine
- clumping test
- determination of density
- Determination of the degree of networking
- Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA)
- Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC)
- elemental analysis (XRF)
- Determination of water content: Karl Fischer method
- Determination of moisture content
- Infrared Spectrometric Analysis (FTIR)
- GC-MS analysis
Request your quote on PPWR, Plastics or Packaging recyclability
Our team - Elena Ehmann, Dr. Manica Ulcnik-Krump, Tobias Gerwin
Our service catalog
Interzero Plastics Innovations: The competence center for recycled plastics
The service catalogue provides a complete overview of the laboratory equipment and the individual analysis methods with technical details.
Plastic becomes recycled plastic
Plastic can take on many different properties depending on its composition. This makes it so practical and versatile – whether as packaging, in automotive construction, as textiles, or as household items, from mixing bowls to rubber ducks.
Anyone who can modify the material’s properties also determines what can be made from recycled plastic. This not only increases the possible applications but also advances the circular economy.
At the competence center, Interzero Plastics Innovations is researching the efficient use of our raw materials: formulations are being developed that give the granules the properties required by customers in the plastics processing industry.
Interzero receives patent for previously impossible mechanical recycling process - HDPE for bottle production made from 100% used packaging from the Yellow Bag for the first time
The patented recycling process was developed in the company’s own competence center for plastics recycling and involves the production of a recycled plastic material from lightweight packaging (LVP) containing at least 80% HDPE and is used in the production of blow-moulded products.
This is a mechanical recycling process in which a special combination of additives produces high-density polyethylene (HDPE) with a flowability during processing that is comparable to that of new plastic. The material used consists of 100% used packaging from the Yellow Bag in Germany. The new recycling process does not require the addition of newly produced plastic or the re-sorting of used packaging.
Packaging can be produced according to individual requirements, including bottles that can be used for products such as detergents and cleaning agents.
Request your quote on PPWR, Plastics or Packaging recyclability
Our team - Elena Ehmann, Dr. Manica Ulcnik-Krump, Tobias Gerwin
