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.

典型的商用印刷机制作的广告使用分层材料复合材料，由于三明治中使用的材料和每层之间的粘合剂，这些复合材料很难回收利用。在这个过程中会产生大量的低密度下脚料，然后被大量处理。对于小型企业商业印刷供应商来说，每个月通常需要10个商业垃圾桶，然后将其焚烧以获取能源。每燃烧一吨就会排放1.6吨二氧化碳，但其能量密度低于煤炭或天然气。然而，纺织品，特别是用于一次性使用的活动，在制造、印刷和处置这些系索的过程中都积累了大量的碳足迹。比塑料要多得多。Automedi已经能够用回收材料3D打印活动用的绳索组件。这是由卡套和卡夹组成，通过其边缘添加剂制造设备的环形网络，与传统的纤维丝带套索结合成套索或访问卡套。本项目研究将这些塑料副产品回收成一致的套索材料，以替代织物色带；探索在该材料上印刷广告内容，以完成完全回收的套索，并探索进一步的下游回收，以与Automedi的套索和夹子相匹配。