Objective The project aims to regenerate and ennoble used and wasted PET plastics so that this material can be reintroduced in the industrial production cycle as secondary raw materal. Hence the technology and the process we present is to replace the disposal of PET plastics by landfield or incineration (both environment harmful disposal processes) with material recycling.A demonstration action will be performed by construction and operating a PET regenerating and ennobling plant using a highly innovative and environmentally sound technology and process. Raw material for this process will be waste PET from urban waste separate collection activities. The process can be divided into three steps: A. sterilization of the waste PET, B. removal of residual plastic powder and C. complete regradation and plastification The resulting final output are crystallized PET chips. Chemical and physico-chemical analysis and mechanical tests showed the product to have the same characteristics as the virgin PET tecno-polymer to be used in containers (for liquid) production and many other industrial applications. The technologies applied to the regeneration process allow to differentiate the product characteristics (fluidity, viscosity) so that it is possible to use our ennobled PET as raw secondary material for different industrial transformations (ie blowing, injection, extrusion). The above mentioned process is noiseless and does not use any kind of solvent or chemical additive so that no gaseous, liquid or solid waste is generated. These specifications correspond to the best definitiion of clean technology. The build up and operation of this kind of PET regeneration plant (close to waste PET storage facilities) can help to resolve many environmental problems due to plastic waste with an optimum cost-benefit trade-off. Programme(s) ENV-LIFE 1 - Regulation (EEC) establishing a financial instrument for the environment (LIFE), 1992-1995 Topic(s) A13 - Development of techniques for the collection, storage, recycling and disposal of waste, particularly toxic and dangerous waste and waste water Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme DEM - Demonstration contracts Coordinator Eco Selekta Italia Srl EU contribution No data Address Via Nazionale 37 39040 Salorno Bolzano Italy See on map Total cost No data
