An Innovative Recycled Mixed Plastics Engineered Panel

一般的家用塑料垃圾往往与非塑料污染物混合在一起。这些污染物主要抑制成品的充分形成。现有的多步骤清洁和净化技术在技术上具有挑战性且价格昂贵。因此，只有相对较小比例的塑料被回收利用，英国估计为27%。此外，据估计，英国每年有300万吨混合塑料垃圾最终进入垃圾填埋场。ETE正在开发的这项技术旨在解决这一问题，它允许塑料废物直接用作原材料，而不需要首先进行复杂的分离和清洁过程。其影响是深远的，并将导致世界上第一个高性能生态工程面板，导致垃圾填埋场的重大转移和高价值产品流的创造。

General domestic plastic waste tends to be mixed heavily with non-plastic contaminants. These contaminants mostly act to inhibit adequate formation of finished articles. Existing multi-step cleaning and purification techniques are technically challenging and highly expensive. As a result, only a relatively small percentage of plastics are recycled, estimates in the UK are 27%. Furthermore, it is estimated that 3 million tonnes of mixed plastic waste ends up in landfill across the UK each year. The technology under development by ETE aims to address this issue by allowing plastic waste to be used directly as a raw material, without first requiring elaborate separation and cleaning processes. The implications are profound and will result in the world's very first high performance eco-engineered panel, leading to significant diversions of waste landfill and the creation of high-value product streams.