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

优化塑料回收以实现技术要求高的应用的真正循环经济

• 批准号: 41073
• 金额: $ 44.41万
• 依托单位: YES RECYCLING LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Study
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=41073
• 关键词: Optimisation; Plastics; Recycling; Achieve; True

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.

塑料垃圾的高消费和管理不善不能继续下去。**_在全球范围内，每年约有800万吨塑料废物被添加到世界海洋中，海洋环境现在是一个主要关注的领域。重要的是要注意：* 废塑料可能需要数百年才能分解 * 一次性塑料不鼓励回收和再利用，从而增加了处理问题将塑料回收到低级应用中并不能减少对原始塑料的需求。通过改善再生塑料的性能，我们可以将其用于技术要求更高的应用中。**_通过设计循环经济和回收材料用于制造替代物品，英国可以减少原材料进口和原始塑料消耗高达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，以保持安全性和影响性能，但它们的回收具有挑战性-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，但目前它们还没有被接受用于商业回收。目前的帽子设计需要原始塑料来获得良好的强度特性，并且移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，Yes Recycling将开始创建世界上第一个安全帽循环经济计划。_**通过提供我们的创新解决方案，我们将为解决一个关键问题做出贡献，同时在项目完成后的5年内累计创造1900万英镑的利润，并创造约60个新的就业机会。该项目将帮助我们实现自己的业务目标，但更重要的是，它将有助于鼓励更广泛的回收活动，证明它们可以盈利。该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高的应用程序可以成功。**_这将减少新塑料的消耗量，减少浪费，并在减少浪费和环境影响方面带来切实的好处。Yes Recycling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，并拥有成功创新的良好记录。我们已获得主要的回收合同，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碎钞票进行再加工。