Plastic waste sorting Sample Clauses

Plastic waste sorting. Sorting, the first step in recycling plastic waste after collection, separates, cleans and prepares materials intended for recycling. Depending on its nature, sorted plastic waste will be processed directly on the site of the recycling company responsible for receiving it or be taken to a specialist recycling centre. Since there are many categories of materials and many processes, varying according to the type of product,21 Many waste plastics are not currently sorted, and are instead sent to landfill because of the cost and difficulty of separating the different types of plastics into separate streams. A recent report from WRAP identified this as a major problem facing the waste plastic sorting industry, and Impact Solutions is committed to help alleviate some of the problems faced.22 Assorted waste plastics can be separated currently using expensive technology. Impact Solutions is looking to develop a waste plastic sorting technology which will have a low capital investment and a low on going maintenance.22 Plastic waste, whether separately or co-mingled collected will have to undergo a sorting and upgrading process in order to produce new feedstock for recycling. The basic principles in sorting plastic waste and the technologies applied are analysed as follows. Currently, the sorting process comprises several sorting steps with different types of 21 xxxxx://xxx.xxxxxx.xxx/en/understanding-recycling/recycling-plastic/sorting- plastic-waste processes and materials removed from the primary stream. The most commonly agreed sorting process includes the following steps: Initial material sorting: - Manual sorting – removal of films, cardboard and bulky items - Size reduction – shredding and cutting - Screens, air classifiers and ballistic separators – removal of small, light pieces such as film and paper ad removal of heavy pieces such as glass and stones. - Overband magnet – removal of ferrous metals - Eddy current separator – removal of aluminium - Optical sorting of materials – two-dimensional items like paper and cardboard are removed from three-dimensional containers Polymer sorting: - Size reduction – flaked - Cleaning of plastic – washing and drying - Optical sorting of polymers – polymer type and colour - Density separation of polymers – polymer type Post-sorting - Purification – food grade plastic - Extrusion - Production of pellets - Quality control – lab testing - Packaging – bulked or baled In this respect, the PlastiCircle sorting solution is base...
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