Capturing and Processing Compostable Packaging - Behaviour Change Interventions and Infrastructure Considerations

捕获和处理可堆肥包装 - 行为改变干预措施和基础设施考虑因素

• 批准号: 10020315
• 金额: $ 112.21万
• 依托单位: TIPA CORP UK LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10020315
• 关键词: Capturing; Processing; Compostable; Packaging; Behaviour

Compostable plastic packaging is increasingly prevalent in both the retail (physical and online) and catering sectors. Predominantly it comes in the form of food service-ware and bags (carrier and those for loose fresh produce), but increasingly it is used for flexible packaging for fresh produce, small format such as twist wraps, crisp bags and non-packaging applications like coffee pods. In these formats, compostability presents a new opportunity for increasing circularity: for transferring organic waste to composting, to enable the (organic) recycling of the food contaminated unrecyclable packaging or simply a solution for which no mechanical or other recycling route exists at scale today.Using a multi-disciplinary approach, this project will for the first time, quantify the _environmental and economic_ impacts of applying compostable plastic packaging in a trio of established UK supply system models: food service ware in established closed loop systems, retail bags (repurposed as organic waste bags) alongside other compostables in a municipal collection and flexible produce packaging in an online retailer's take back scheme. Behavioural insights will be gathered, and targeted consumer interventions developed, tested then deployed to increase the organic recycling of compostable plastic packaging whilst optimising the potential for compostable plastic packaging in aiding the recovery of organic waste where applicable.Working closely with the UK's leading in-vessel composting operator, the project will deliver the first full-scale use of a protocol designed to quantify packaging and other plastics arriving at organic waste facilities. Further to providing a robust methodology for accounting for compostables into organic recycling processes, it will also identify the most common non-compostable plastic formats which can then be targeted for recycling campaigns or redesign. Within the take-back loop the packaging will be composted in the retailer's decentralised facility.The compostable plastic packaging will be traced through the centralised (municipal) and decentralised composting processes with compost quality to PAS100 assessed.For products which do not have an established route to organic recycling such as coffee pods and small format wrappings, it is important to clarify their performance with both the consumer and the composter. Selected households will be provided with products which will then be traced through the municipal organic waste system back to the final compost.Further to extensive reporting, the project will deliver open access communication tools based on the learnings from this UK first project.

可堆肥塑料包装在零售（实体和在线）和餐饮行业越来越普遍。它主要以食品服务器皿和袋子的形式出现（载体和用于松散新鲜农产品的载体），但越来越多地用于新鲜农产品的软包装，小格式如扭曲包装，脆袋和非包装应用如咖啡豆。在这些形式中，可堆肥性为提高循环性提供了新的机会：用于将有机废物转化为堆肥，使受食品污染的不可回收包装（有机）回收，或者只是一种解决方案，目前还没有大规模的机械或其他回收途径。该项目采用多学科方法，首次将量化在英国三个已建立的供应系统模型中应用可堆肥塑料包装的环境和经济影响：在已建立的闭环系统中的食品服务器皿，零售袋（重新用作有机废物袋）以及市政收集中的其他堆肥和在线零售商回收计划中的灵活产品包装。将收集行为洞察，并制定有针对性的消费者干预措施，测试然后部署，以增加可堆肥塑料包装的有机回收，同时优化可堆肥塑料包装在帮助回收有机废物方面的潜力。与英国领先的船内堆肥运营商密切合作，该项目将首次全面使用旨在量化到达有机废物设施的包装和其他塑料的协议。除了提供一种可靠的方法来将可堆肥物纳入有机回收过程之外，它还将确定最常见的不可堆肥塑料形式，然后可以针对回收活动或重新设计。在回收循环中，包装将在零售商的分散设施中堆肥。可堆肥塑料包装将通过集中设施进行跟踪。（市政）和分散式堆肥工艺，堆肥质量达到PAS 100评估。对于没有确定的有机回收路线的产品，如咖啡豆和小规格包装，重要的是向消费者和堆肥者阐明它们的性能。选定的家庭将提供产品，然后将通过城市有机废物系统追溯到最终的堆肥。除了广泛的报告，该项目将提供基于英国第一个项目的开放获取通信工具。