Publication detail

Plastics Recycling as a Part of Circular Economy

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

Original Title

Plastics Recycling as a Part of Circular Economy

Type

journal article in Scopus

Language

English

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.

Keywords

plastics, circural economy, municipal waste, recycling

Authors

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

Released

15. 11. 2021

Publisher

AIDIC Servizi S.r.l.

Location

Milano, Italy

ISBN

2283-9216

Periodical

Chemical Engineering Transactions

Year of study

88

Number

1

State

Republic of Italy

Pages from

1303

Pages to

1308

Pages count

6

URL

http://www.cetjournal.it/cet/21/88/217.pdf

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",
  journal="Chemical Engineering Transactions",
  year="2021",
  volume="88",
  number="1",
  pages="1303--1308",
  doi="10.3303/CET2188217",
  issn="2283-9216",
  url="http://www.cetjournal.it/cet/21/88/217.pdf"
}