Status
In Progress
Material Class
Polymers
specific materials
Polyolefins
20-01-RR-4098

Delamination as Key Enabler for the Recycling of Polymer-based Multilayer Packaging

NODE
Technical Thrust
Recycling & Recovery
Chemical & Solvent-Based Recycling & Separation (Atomic/Molecular) Technologies
project Members
Modern disposal services logo
University at buffalo logo
Pacific northwest national laboratory logo
Honeywell (Performance Materials Technologies)
About

This project seeks to develop a solvent-based process that can recover polyolefins from multi-layer packaging. The process target is a recovery of 75% of the polyethylene present in the feedstock to the process.

PUBLICATIONS

April 1, 2024
Quantifying the environmental impact of transportation for plastic film packaging end-of-life: Landfill, incineration, physical recycling, or chemical recycling
Journal Article
Pub. Info: Resources, Conservation and Recycling, Volume 207
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2024.107681
April 1, 2024
Automated Sorting Technology for Plastic Waste
Book Chapter
Pub. Info: 2024 Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) International Polyolefins Conference (IPOC), Galveston, TX
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/C2022-0-02778-1
February 1, 2024
Automated Sorting of Plastic Waste: Commercial Technology and Research Advances, Plastics in AI: Reducing Plastic Waste Through Artificial Intelligence and Digitalization
Presentation
Pub. Info: 2024 Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) International Polyolefins Conference (IPOC), Galveston, TX
February 1, 2024
Automated Sorting of Plastic Waste: Rise of the Robots
Presentation
Pub. Info: 2024 Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) International Polyolefins Conference (IPOC), Galveston, TX

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