Using commercial printer waste plastics and film to create 100% recycled lanyards

使用％20商业％20打印机％20废物％20塑料％20和％20薄膜％20到％20创建％20100％％20回收％20挂绳

• 批准号: 10075140
• 金额: $ 4.7万
• 依托单位: AUTOMEDI LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Grant for R&D
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10075140
• 关键词: Using; commercial; printer; waste; plastics

Typical commercial printers produce advertising that uses use layered material composites which are difficult to recycle because of the materials used in the sandwich and adhesive between each layer. A large amount of low density off-cuts are produced during the process which are then disposed of in large quantities. Often requiring 10 commercial bins to contain every month for a small-business commercial print supplier, which is then burnt for energy. Emitting 1.6 tonnes of CO2 for every tonne incinerated, but has a lower energy density than coal or gas.However, textile fabric, especially for single use events, accumulates significant carbon footprints in both the manufacturing, printing and disposal of these lanyards. Significantly more than plastics.Automedi is already able to 3D print lanyard components for events from recycled materials. This is composed of card holder and clips made through its circular network of edge additive manufacturing appliances, to combine with conventional fabric ribbon lanyards into a lanyard or access card holder.This project examines recycling these plastic offcuts into consistent lanyard material to substitute for fabric ribbon; explores the printing of advertising content on that material to complete a fully recycled lanyard and explore further downstream recycling of the lanyard ribbon to match which is already possible with Automedi's holder and clips.

典型的商业印刷商生产的广告使用分层材料复合材料，由于夹层中使用的材料和每层之间的粘合剂，这些复合材料难以回收。在此过程中产生大量低密度废料，然后大量处理。对于小型商业印刷供应商来说，每月通常需要10个商业垃圾箱，然后将其燃烧作为能源。每焚烧一吨，排放1.6吨二氧化碳，但其能量密度低于煤炭或天然气。然而，纺织面料，特别是用于一次性活动的纺织面料，在这些挂绳的制造，印刷和处置过程中积累了大量的碳足迹。比塑料更重要的是，Automedi已经能够用回收材料3D打印活动用挂绳组件。这是由卡片保持器和夹子组成，通过其边缘增材制造设备的圆形网络制成，与传统的织物带挂绳联合收割机成挂绳或访问卡保持器。探索在该材料上印刷广告内容，以完成完全回收的挂绳，并探索挂绳丝带的进一步下游回收与Automedi的保持器和夹子相匹配。