Publication detail

Plastics Recycling as a Part of Circular Economy

TOCHÁČEK, J. GREGOR, J. KROPÁČ, J. PAVLAS, M. POUL, D. UCEKAJ, V.

English title

Plastics Recycling as a Part of Circular Economy

Type

journal article in Scopus

Language

en

Original abstract

This article describes the plastics recycling assessment based on a practical selection of waste plastic samples from a municipality in the Czech Republic. The assessment included classification, analysis of the composition and experimental investigation of the recyclability of the samples. The recyclability investigation involved shredding, washing, drying, granulation, and extrusion – following the typical steps of a recycling process.As a result, a feasible recycling route has been identified and described for treating municipal plastic waste and processing based on the average composition of the plastics bins based on field research. A case example of secondary raw material processing for subsequent recycling and testing the recyclability of plastics in laboratory conditions are additional outputs.

English abstract

This article describes the plastics recycling assessment based on a practical selection of waste plastic samples from a municipality in the Czech Republic. The assessment included classification, analysis of the composition and experimental investigation of the recyclability of the samples. The recyclability investigation involved shredding, washing, drying, granulation, and extrusion – following the typical steps of a recycling process.As a result, a feasible recycling route has been identified and described for treating municipal plastic waste and processing based on the average composition of the plastics bins based on field research. A case example of secondary raw material processing for subsequent recycling and testing the recyclability of plastics in laboratory conditions are additional outputs.

Keywords in English

plastics, circural economy, municipal waste, recycling

Released

15.11.2021

Publisher

AIDIC Servizi S.r.l.

Location

Milano, Italy

ISSN

2283-9216

Volume

88

Number

1

Pages from–to

1303–1308

Pages count

6

BIBTEX


@article{BUT176769,
  author="Jiří {Tocháček} and Jiří {Gregor} and Jiří {Kropáč} and Martin {Pavlas} and David {Poul} and Vladimír {Ucekaj},
  title="Plastics Recycling as a Part of Circular Economy",
  year="2021",
  volume="88",
  number="1",
  month="November",
  pages="1303--1308",
  publisher="AIDIC Servizi S.r.l.",
  address="Milano, Italy",
  issn="2283-9216"
}