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。在全球范围内，每年大约有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\*一次性塑料阻碍回收和再利用，从而增加了处理问题将塑料回收到低等级应用中对减少对原生塑料的需求几乎没有作用。通过改善再生塑料的性能，我们可以将它们用于技术要求更高的应用中。** ＿通过设计循环经济和回收制造替代物品的材料，英国可以减少原材料进口和原始塑料消耗高达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.

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.