the recycling of plastic materials in community waste in europe- the best practices, silvia buchmann...
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The recycling of plastic materials in community waste in Europe
- The best practices
Silvia Buchmann05.11.2013
World plastics production 1950-2012
Life Cycle of Plastics in 2012
The European Union's approach to waste management
Plastic packaging has the highest recycling and energy recovery rate
Netherlands – 2012 over 50% recycled
• Plastic packaging collection only started in 2009• ¾ of the collected material got recycled in 2012• Companies (producers and importers) are legally obliged
to separately collect all the plastic waste and offer for recycling.
• They pay a waste management fee for financing the system of collection and recycling
• Collections:– Underground containers that condense the plastic– In containers at street level– house-to-house with transparent bags
Germany – 2012 over 40% recycled
• collected in transparent yellow bags or bins• Recycled plastic can keep up with virgin plastic• economically reasonable, much cheaper• goal for 2015: more than 60%
European Plastics Demand by Resin Type 2012
The Technique (Germany - PP)
Products out of recycled PP Plastics
PE is very sought
PVC recycling in the UK
• by selective dissolution and filtration• a virgin-like recycled PVC compound• Plastic recycling target by 2017 is 57%
(28% in 2012)
Utilization e.g. Germany
• more than 90% in Germany• the rest mainly in Europe• Otherwise only certified customers
• "Green Fence" policy by Chinese government:dam the import of unsorted, inferior plastic waste to China
• The Green Dot doesn’t export unsorted plastic waste.
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