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Decontamination, Sensing & Sorting, Extrusion and Compounding, NEW…
Decontamination
FUJIAN HUAFENG NEW MATERIAL CO LTD
A device for removing impurities from plastic particles that consists of a first flotation tank, a second flotation tank, and a collecting tank that subjects raw materials that contain impurities and are combined with non-target plastic particles to two flotation cycles in order to produce highly pure recycled plastic particles
PIOVAN SPA
The process and equipment for decontaminating plastics in the form of solid particles
by applying ultrasonic waves to the material, where the contaminants include benzene, toluene, limonene, acetaldehyde, and/or other NIAS.
PYROWAVE INC
Using a solvent to extract contaminants from a contaminated polymer compound, creating a dissolved polymer mixture; then microfiltering the dissolved polymer mixture to eliminate non-soluble impurities larger than the target polymer's size.
JIESHOU XINTONG PLASTIC INDUSTRY CO LTD
Waste plastic recovery and impurity separation apparatus consisting of: A liquid storage tank body for storing liquid that can remove dust and grime from waste plastics' surfaces
CHONGQING TENGYUAN NEW MATERIAL TECHNOLOGY CO LTD
A spiral lifting mechanism and a waste plastic sheet scouring method that uses both inner and outer friction. When the rotary cylinder rotates, plastic fragments are extruded, impurities and label stickers adhered to the plastic's surface are quickly removed
UNIV JIAYING
The waste plastic crushing and recycling machine has an impurity removing and cleaning structure that includes a crushing box that is fixedly connected to a filter box. The impurity removing and cleaning structure is arranged in the filter box, and a filtering plate and a water spraying mechanism are used to wash away a lot of dirt and stains
JOSE RODRIGO GOMES DOS SANTOS
Plastic waste washing system with biological agents: This system initiates the initial step of decontaminating plastic waste by introducing water containing bacteria along with a mixture of sugars and propolis. Based on differences in density, contaminants are separated from plastic waste of interest, and biological agents are responsible for the majority of plastic waste decontamination
GER INSTITUTE OF POLYMER MATERIALS RECYCLING
The best process conditions for decontaminating and finely regenerating polypropylene plastics from used lunchboxes include hot alkali washing at 80 °C, 30 minutes, and pH 13. The ideal contact angle was 65.55°, which showed a good removal effect of oil stains
UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE
BPA in LDPE, HDPE, PP, and PET samples is reduced by 95%, 99%, 97%, and 28%, respectively, when a cleaning treatment with polyethylene glycol (PEG 400) is used. This emphasizes the significance of cleaning treatments across different polymers in plastic recycling.
SICHUAN UNIVERSITY
. Response surface curve analysis was used to determine the friction alkali washing of waste plastic. The percentage of black spots and impurities dropped to the lowest value of 11.69 × 10–3 weight percent at 280 rpm, 10 min, and pH = 12.
Sensing & Sorting
HINDUSTHAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
An automated system for sorting plastics was created to improve waste management procedures. The system classifies plastics into different types (such as PET, HDPE, and PVC) and other recyclable materials based on distinct visual cues using sophisticated image recognition algorithms and mechanical sorting mechanisms.
AJILA SS
An automated waste management system for non-biodegradable waste is called Eco Catch. Using an industrial-grade infrared (IR) sensor, this innovative bottle detection mechanism ensures accurate identification and insertion validation within vending machines for increased recycling efficiency.
SAEMA CO LTD
The artificial intelligence recycling waste collection system comprises a measuring unit that automatically selects recyclables like cans, PET, PE, PP, PS, glass bottles, and metal from the waste by detecting waste input from the outside.
AGENCY OF SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY & RESEARCH CO
System with a hyperspectral optical source and a thermal excitation source that can be used to identify and sort materials of various plastics; an imaging module with a hyperspectral detector and a thermal imaging camera that can both detect light from the illumination module reflected by materials of various plastics.
SENSOR INSTRUMENT ENTWICKLUNGS UND VERTRIEBS GMBH
Method for sorting plastic objects that identifies the type of plastic object and the material it is made of by comparing the color values and detected infrared intensities of the plastic object to a number of reference quantities that are each associated with different types of plastic objects
QINGDAO UNIV OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Waste plastics are sorted by suspending or precipitating them in a magnetic fluid medium because of the differences in their densities, which completes the separation and collection process.
DALIAN CHANGYUAN PACKAGING PRODUCTS CO LTD
Plastic waste can be automatically sorted using this sorting manipulator, which has a high working efficiency and uses less manpower and resources. The plastic waste is fed into the appropriate cavity on the storage box via a third motor, a gear, a gear disc, and a base.
SHANDONG BOCHUANG MACHINERY TECHNOLOGY CO LTD
Multilayer vibrating bed sorting device for waste plastic film concentration is adjustable and comes with a collecting box, multilayer bed surface mechanism, vibration actuating mechanism, and frame.
ZUNYI HUAQING PLASTIC PRODUCT CO LTD
Equipment for separating waste from plastic woven using negative pressure Both a negative pressure separation roller mechanism and a vibration feeding mechanism are included in the device.
PANDIT DEENDAYAL ENERGY UNIV
Solar-operated dust bins are segregators that only permit the proper waste to be disposed of in the designated category
KUNMING UNIV OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Fluidization friction-based two-stage charging apparatus for polymer particle electrostatic separation separates the particles after they have passed through a roller-type electrostatic field created by the plate-type electrode and the roller-type electrode.
Extrusion and Compounding
NANTONG BAOTIAN PACKAGING TECHNOLOGY CO LTD
The waste plastic recycling extruder is made up of a base, an extrusion cylinder, and a closed hopper. The feeding pipe is placed in the upper part of the closed hopper's side wall in the base.
SUZHOU TENGDA WIRE & CABLE CO LTD
A plastic extrusion machine for cable production that has a mechanism for recycling excess materials can decrease waste and increase the rate at which materials are used.
GUANGDONG SHANGNAN FUPAN LOGISTICS EQUIPMENT CO LTD
Waste plastics can be crushed using a material dividing screw device. It is possible to screen waste plastic crushing materials more than once, allowing for the simultaneous acquisition of crushing materials in a variety of sizes.
SHENZHEN HUAKEDA METAL & PLASTIC CO LTD
Waste plastic extrusion granulation structure made up of a heating plate and a hot cutting machine head
LIAONING LONGYUAN NEW ENERGY DEVELOPMENT CO LTD
Waste wind turbine blade powder, waste thermoplastic resin particles, and chemical additives are the raw materials used to make this photovoltaic bracket, which is made from waste wind turbine blade extrusion and reshaping materials.
HARISH KUMAR SHARMA
A film blowing line that uses packaging waste to create film webs includes a twin screw extruder for melting and combining the chunks.
JIANGSU SHENYUAN NEW MATERIAL CO LTD
Device that includes a bottom plate, branch, supporting reed, U-shaped clamp, adjusting device, conveyer pipe, backing roll, cutting device, cooling device, and collection device for extruding and granulating recycled plastics
UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA
An additive manufacturing method for thermoplastics based on extrusion for sustainable development
SABIC Technology and Innovation
The process of solid-state extrusion of emerging disentangled ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene to create high-performance UHMWPE tapes and fibers
DONGGUAN YISU PACKAGING TECHNOLOGY CO
An automated recycling device that recycles plastic bottles by extruding them
NEW ANALYTICAL CAPABILITIES
KINGFA SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY CO LTD
Employing headspace gas chromatography analysis to identify recycled polyethylene materials with high or low densities.
GUANGDONG TRACTION INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO LTD
Recycling hyperspectral data to determine the water content of plastic bottles
TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
Artificial intelligence and deep learning research for nuclear shielding applications: industrial sustainable fabrication, SEM characterization, mechanical testing, and ANOVA analysis of PP-PETF recycled composites.
IFP Energies Nouvelles
The dissolved polymer content is predicted using two in situ spectroscopic techniques: Attenuated total reflectance infrared spectroscopyand Raman spectroscopy
UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG
Comparison of ICP-MS, AAS, and LIBS analyses to quantify regulated metals in recycled post-consumer polypropylene
BOREALIS AG
Two effective methods for figuring out the composition of polyolefin post-consumer recycled blends are self-nucleation (SN) and successive self-nucleation and annealing (SSA).
TROY UNIVERSITY
Raman spectrometry was used to create a quick, precise, and practical way to measure the amount of CaCO3 in rPP.
Ho TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
The study evaluated the viability of recycling medical plastic waste using field visits, multi-criteria decision analysis, material testing, and data analysis.
GHENT UNIVERSITY
An infrared camera and a high-speed stereo digital image correlation (DIC) system are used in thermomechanical analyses of high-density PE and PP to record temperature changes in addition to mechanical stress and strain.
Solvent based processes
JIANGSU JINFA RENEWABLE RESOURCES CO LTD
Using a suitable solvent to dissolve the waste nylon at 200–250 °C and 3–6 MPa of pressure, then filtering, cooling, and crystallizing to produce regenerated nylon particles.
FRENCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM
The process of dissolving a plastic filler involves exposing it to a dissolution solvent in order to produce at least one solution of raw polymer. This produces a stream of purified polyolefins.
DUTCH ORGANIZATION FOR APPLIED NATURAL SCIENCE RESEARCH TNO
The process of partially separating a first and a second polyolefin from plastic waste involves dissolving the first and second polyolefin in a first solvent at a high temperature in order to produce a polyolefin solution.
PROCTER & GAMBLE CO
To create an extracted regenerated polymer, contact the regenerated polymer with a primer fluid solvent at a temperature between 80 and 220 degrees Celsius and a pressure between 150 psig (1.03 MPa) and 15,000 psig (103.42 MPa).
UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER
For the recycling of polymers from multilayer packaging waste, physical dissolution primarily uses two methods: delamination and selective dissolution–precipitation
QATAR UNIVERSITY
To turn MPW into commodity materials like blended pellets, solvent-dissolution techniques have been developed.
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
Using a series of solvent washes directed by thermodynamic calculations of polymer solubility, Solvent-Targeted Recovery and Precipitation (STRAP) breaks down multilayer films into their component resins.
University of Lisbon
Preliminary sustainability analysis revealed that HDPE dissolution–precipitation with α-pinene was a sustainable process, and the separation of HDPE and PET (polyethylene terephthalate) was accomplished successfully.
University of Massachusetts
Polyethylene is targeted by solvent dissolution and precipitation to remove multi-layer, multi-component industry films that are not mechanically recyclable.
Contact sensitive application
SOOJUNG CORP
Recyclable, environmentally friendly, flexible food packaging made of polyolefin plastomer and co-extruding low-density polyethylene
JIANGSU JINFA RENEWABLE RESOURCES CO LTD
Food-grade regenerated polypropylene material satisfies the dissolved substance standard and is odorless and fluorescence-free
WELLA GERMANY GMBH
The bottle has three layers: the inner layer is made of virgin polyethylene, the outer layer is made of recycled or virgin polyethylene, and the intermediate layer is made of recycled polyethylene.
University of Maryland| National Institute of Standards and Technology| National Institute of Standards and Technology
Longer-lasting food-grade packaging made of recycled HDPE (r-HDPE)
GUANGZHOU HUIEN PLASTIC PRODUCTS CO LTD
Plastic cover breakage recycling machine for food contact
Degassing & deodorization
WAKO SHIKI KK
Making ingots of recycled polyolefins Using specialized equipment, scraps of uncrosslinked polyolefin foam are crushed, melted, and reduced in volume while degassing at a temperature and speed that liberates the gas inside the foam.
EMRAH ATES
A device that extracts the volatile gases from the molten plastic in the main screw chamber by means of a gas discharge unit in any section following the feeding unit
Engel Austria GmbH
In order to minimize odor and volatile organic contaminants, recycled thermoplastics are directly injected using a two-stage process that includes melt filtration and degassing.
University of Valencia Polytechnic | Universidad de Extremadura
Utilizing sepiolites to lessen and/or eradicate the odors found in the HDPE samples chosen for recycling
SAARLAND UNIVERSITY
Post-consumer recycling materials are vacuum-degassed to lessen volatile compounds that are odorous.
Collaboration
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY | GOODWILL | PRECIOUS PLASTIC
The sorted and cleaned plastics are converted into recycled plastic pellets at a microfactory, a small-scale material recovery facility (MRF). Plastics first go up a conveyor belt before entering a shredding chamber, where size is controlled by a sieve.
RECOUP | Horticultural Trades Association (HTA)
Using the optical sorting process, colored PP plant pots can be crushed and successfully transferred.
OMV | BOREALIS AG | TOMRA
Sorting materials for mining and recycling applications, as well as sensor-based food sorting and grading, for mixed post-consumer plastic waste
BOLLEGRAAF | BROECKX
In Esbeek, Netherlands, Bollegraaf is constructing a cutting-edge LDPE sorting facility for Broeckx Plastic Recycling.
Others
CEMAC TECHNOLOGIES
The filtered and homogenized post-consumer and post-industrial use film material is degassed in the high performance degassing zone.
COPERION|HERBOLD MECKESHEIM
Using fresh air circulation, waste plastic odors can be deodorized from the shredded plastic in a silo.
PURECYCLE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
A special purification procedure turns No. 5 plastic waste into ultra-pure recycled (UPR) plastic by eliminating color, odor, and other contaminants.
Product Launch
CANON
Canon has created a system that recognizes and sorts plastic waste on a conveyor belt, regardless of color, using lasers and tracking technology
TOMRA
Sorting technology of the future GAINnext uses high-performance deep learning algorithms to separate food-grade plastics like PET, PP, and HDPE from non-food-grade plastics to 95% purity.
Collaboration
SABIC|NAPCO|FONTE
Two food-contact certified circular polyethylene resin grades (LLDPE) are used in the packaging of oat Arabic bread.
LYONDELLBASELL|ZHENGXIN
Advanced heat shrink film technology uses recycled PE (polyethylene) heat shrink film for beverage bottles and tetra pack packaging
Regulatory standards :
NOVA CHEMICALS
Regarding the use of LLDPE from recycling operations at the company's Connersville, Indiana, facility in food contact applications, the FDA issued a Letter of No Objection (LNO).
MERLIN
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration grants its recipients letters of no objection, or LNOs, which permit them to start selling their recycled resin for use in food and beverage packaging.
Product Launch
PURE LOOP
Low-density polyethylene (LDPE) blown film recycling using an integrated ISEC shredder-extruder
TAN HIEP PHAT BEVERAGE GROUP
Washing, Extrusion, and Injection Recycling polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) plastic through molding technology for the creation of pallets and trash cans
Grants and Funding
METASPECTRAL
Metaspectral has secured a nearly US$110 000 (EUR 102,000) contract to use its artificial intelligence sorting technology to address plastic film and flexible packaging
Product Launch
EXXONMOBIL
Fifty percent of 20-liter lubricant pails are made from post-consumer recycled materials.
Collaboration
DOW|P&G
Plastic packaging waste to post-consumer recycled (PCR) polyethylene (PE) using a dissolution-based recycling process.