PLASTin - All in for Plastics
Background and goals
The PLASTin research project is established to together with wider consortium to develop systemic, and environmentally optimized recycling concepts for next 2 years. The project is focusing on the new knowledge gained about recycling processes and technologies such as sorting, pretreatment, mechanical and chemical treatment and reject handling, and about system level understanding, allowing improved business opportunities based on recycling. The project will focus on certain challenging plastic waste fractions, not yet utilised as materials in recycling. The results will help also to evaluate the potential of the fractions for chemical recycling as another way of circulation. The research organisations participating in the consortium are Finnish Environment Institute, Lappeenranta - Lahti University of Technology, Tampere University, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and Arcada University of Applied Sciences.
Objectives and benefits
The objective is to develop circular economy of plastics in Finland in wide cooperation with relevant companies.
Results
The project is focusing on the new knowledge gained about recycling processes and technologies such as sorting, pretreatment, mechanical and chemical treatment and reject handling, and about system level understanding, allowing improved business opportunities based on recycling. The project will focus on certain challenging plastic waste fractions, not yet utilised as materials in recycling. The results will help also to evaluate the potential of the fractions for chemical recycling as another way of circulation.
Societal impact
National recycling rates for plastics are increasing and internationally applicable practices are developed.
Abstract
The PLASTin research project is established to together with wider consortium to develop systemic, and environmentally optimized recycling concepts for next 2 years. The project is focusing on the new knowledge gained about recycling processes and technologies such as sorting, pretreatment, mechanical and chemical treatment and reject handling, and about system level understanding, allowing improved business opportunities based on recycling. The project will focus on certain challenging plastic waste fractions, not yet utilised as materials in recycling. The results will help also to evaluate the potential of the fractions for chemical recycling as another way of circulation. The research organisations participating in the consortium are Finnish Environment Institute, Lappeenranta - Lahti University of Technology, Tampere University, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and Arcada University of Applied Sciences.