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_'.

在目前的卷式大流行中，塑料正在卷土重来。对卫生和下跌油价的关注已经在一场完美的风暴中汇集在一起，PPE的生产，水瓶，外卖食品容器，预包装的农产品以及用一次性塑料袋包裹的房屋送货都大致激增；这将产生长期的环境影响。但是，塑料回收部门受到了严重打击。由于石油价格低下，原始塑料的价格暴跌，回收商目前无法竞争。危害塑料回收商的经济生存能力。此外，Covid-19的行业还面临着直接破坏 - 回收商正在看到较低的量量，因为其许多客户也以降低的能力运行 - 从需求减少和降低收入中造成了冗余。这为已经很高的价格敏感且竞争激烈的行业增加了巨大的压力。本项目旨在应对回收商的这些挑战，使他们能够从Covid Pandemic的影响中恢复过来，开发了一种新的AI机器学习工具，该工具将提高其生产力和盈利能力，并因此支持英国的塑料塑料领域。