Recycling Technologies of Plastic Packaging
Even though a new wave of innovations in new materials, packaging designs, recycling technologies and recovery systems have emerged, the availability of high-quality recycled plastic for packaging is constrained by lack of collection systems, unfavorable economics, and technological constraints.
Ubuntoo evaluated the state-of-art of current technologies but also mapped, vetted, and shortlisted emerging technologies, start-ups, and processes. In the process, Ubuntoo identified and evaluated over 120 technologies, obtained reviews from 5 industry-leading experts, and facilitated multiple learning sessions with the client.
This report has been organized around two intersecting topics – recycling technologies and plastic materials of interest to Nestlé Recycling technologies have been categorized as:
- Sorting / Separation (an enabler for recycling)
- Mechanical Recycling
- Physical Purification
- Chemical / Enzymatic Depolymerization
- Pyrolisis
- Gasification
To identify, categorize, and prioritize different recycling technologies for consideration by Nestlé, we have evaluated them against 4 main types of plastic materials:
- Food-Grade PET
- Packaging-Grade Polyolefins
- Food-Grade Polyolefins
- Multi-Layer Plastics
In this report, each category of recycling technologies, their associated solutions, and their applicability to plastic materials will be explored in further detail.
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