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A novel AI machine learning tool to maximise productivity and profitability for plastics recyclers and improve commercial viability of currently unrecyclable, low grade recovered polymer; reducing plastic waste by 283kt/annum and emissions by 870kt/annum.

一种新颖的人工智能机器学习工具，可最大限度地提高塑料回收商的生产力和盈利能力，并提高目前不可回收的低品级回收聚合物的商业可行性；

基本信息

批准号：
87747
负责人：
金额：
$ 12.66万
依托单位：
THE TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE LIMITED
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Collaborative R&D
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=87747
关键词：
novel AI machine learning tool

项目摘要

In the current Covid pandemic, plastics are making a comeback. Concern for hygiene and plummeting oil prices have come together in a perfect storm, with a massive surge in production of PPE, water bottles, take-away food containers, pre-packaged produce, and home deliveries wrapped in single-use plastic bags; which will have long term environmental impacts.However, the plastics recycling sector has taken a severe hit. With the price of virgin plastics plummeting due to low oil prices, recyclers are currently unable to compete; jeopardising the economic viability of plastics recyclers. In addition, industries have been faced with direct disruption by Covid-19 -- recyclers are seeing lower order volumes as many of their customers are also operating at a reduced capacity -- creating redundancies from reduced demand and lower revenues. This has added severe pressure to an already highly price sensitive and competitive sector.This project seeks to address these challenges for recyclers, enabling them to recover from the effects of the Covid pandemic, developing a new AI machine learning tool that will increase their productivity and profitability and consequently support the UK plastics recycling sector in '_building back better_'.

在目前的Covid大流行中，塑料正在卷土重来。对卫生的关注和油价暴跌在一场完美风暴中结合在一起，个人防护用品、水瓶、外卖食品容器、预先包装的农产品和用一次性塑料袋包装的送货上门的产量大幅增加；这将对环境产生长期影响。然而，塑料回收行业受到了严重打击。由于低油价导致原始塑料价格暴跌，回收商目前无法竞争；危及塑料回收商的经济生存能力。此外，行业还面临着新冠肺炎的直接颠覆--回收商的订单量减少，因为他们的许多客户也在减产--需求减少和收入下降导致裁员。这给已经对价格高度敏感和竞争激烈的行业增加了严重的压力。该项目旨在为回收商解决这些挑战，使他们能够从Covid大流行的影响中恢复过来，开发一种新的人工智能机器学习工具，将提高他们的生产率和盈利能力，并因此支持英国塑料回收行业“重建得更好”。