Optimisation of Plastics Recycling to Achieve a True Circular Economy for Technically Demanding Applications

塑料垃圾的高消耗和管理不善不能继续下去。**_全球每年约有800万吨塑料垃圾被添加到世界海洋中，海洋环境现在是一个主要令人担忧的领域。_**必须注意的是：\*废塑料可能需要数百年的时间才能分解\*一次性塑料阻碍回收和再利用，因此增加了处置问题将塑料回收到低品位应用中几乎不会减少对原始塑料的需求。通过改善回收塑料的性能，我们可以将它们用于技术要求更高的应用中。**_通过设计循环经济并回收用于制造替代产品的材料，英国可以将原材料进口和原始塑料消费减少高达50%_**\[绿色联盟]。安全帽只是不可持续的市场模式的一个例子。法规规定，它们必须至少每5年处理一次，以保持安全和影响性能，但它们很难回收--在使用和回收过程中会发生降解。尽管安全帽是一种有用的塑料来源，但目前它们还不被接受用于商业回收。目前的帽子设计需要原始塑料才能获得良好的强度性能，拆除帽子的悬挂系统是劳动密集型的。**_为了支持提高回收率和减少原始材料消耗的高水平目标，是的，回收将从创建世界上第一个安全帽循环经济计划开始。_**通过提供我们的创新解决方案，我们将为解决关键问题做出贡献，同时在项目完成后5年内创造1900万GB的累积利润并创造约60个新的就业机会。该项目将帮助我们实现我们自己的业务目标，但更重要的是，它将有助于鼓励更广泛的回收活动，证明这些活动可以盈利。这个项目创造了一个有利可图的商业机会，并将证明回收到技术要求苛刻的应用中可以取得成功。**_这将减少新塑料的消耗量，减少废物，并在减少废物和环境影响方面带来实实在在的好处。_**是的，回收在白金汉郡拥有最先进的设施，在操作先进的回收工艺方面拥有丰富的专业知识，并在成功创新方面有着良好的记录。我们已经获得了重要的回收合同，这反映了我们的加工知识和广泛的设施的实力。这包括代表英格兰银行对粉碎的钞票进行重新处理。

High consumption and mismanagement of plastic waste cannot continue. **_Globally, around 8 million tonnes of plastic waste is added to the world's oceans every year and the marine environment is now an area of major concern._** It is important to note that:\*Waste plastics can require hundreds of years to decompose\*Single-use plastics discourage recycling and re-use, thus increasing disposal problemsRecycling plastics into low grade applications does little to reduce demand for virgin plastics. By improving the properties of recycled plastics, we can use them in more technically demanding applications. **_By designing circular economies and recovering materials for the manufacture of replacement items, the UK could reduce raw material imports and virgin plastic consumption by up to 50%_** \[GreenAlliance\]. Hard hats are just one example of an unsustainable market model. Regulations dictate that they must be disposed of at least every 5 years to maintain safety and impact performance, but they are challenging to recycle - degradation occurs in use and during the recycling process. Despite hard hats being a useful source of plastic, they aren't currently accepted for commercial recycling. Current hat designs require virgin plastics to obtain good strength properties and removal of the hat's suspension system is labour intensive.**_To support the high-level objective of improving recycling rates and reducing consumption of virgin material, Yes Recycling will begin by creating the world's first circular economy scheme for hard hats._** By delivering our innovative solution, we will contribute to solving a critical problem, whilst generating £19 million in accumulated profits and creating around 60 new jobs within 5 years of project completion.This project will help us meet our own business objectives, but more importantly it will help encourage broader recycling activities, demonstrating that they can be carried out profitably. This project creates a lucrative business opportunity and will prove that recycling into technically demanding applications can be successful. **_This will reduce the amount of new plastic that is consumed, reduce waste and deliver tangible benefits in waste reduction and environmental impact._**Yes Recycling has state-of-the-art facilities in Buckinghamshire, significant expertise in operating advanced recycling processes and a strong track record of successful innovation. We have secured major recycling contracts, which reflects the strength of our processing knowledge and extensive facilities. This includes re-processing of shredded bank notes on behalf of the Bank of England.