An Innovative Route to Circular Rigid Plastics

An innovative route for plastics recycling is proposed, based on a combination of a logarithmic sorting process and colour plus high-resolution near-infrared (NIR) sensors. Although counterintuitive, it is shown that such a technology could sort clean flakes from rigid packaging waste into a very la...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yuri van Engelshoven, Pingping Wen, Maarten Bakker, Ruud Balkenende, Peter Rem
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-11-01
Series:Sustainability
Subjects:
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/11/22/6284