A future-oriented, circular material management system for high-quality recyclate

Akronym

CiMaS

Projekt Titel

Förderkennzeichen

T0022/35810/2020/kg

Funding code

945.08-615

Startdatum

October 1, 2020

Enddatum

September 30, 2022

Funder

Deutsches Stiftungszentrum

Institut

Circular Resource Engineering and Management V-11

Principal Investigator

Kuchta, Kerstin

Co-Workers

Chong, Zhi Kai

Mechanical recycling is currently the most common material recycling technique for plastic packaging. However, utilizing mechanically recycled material in closed-loop applications (producing products with the same quality requirements as its source) is still challenging, especially when it comes to post-consumer material due to potential contamination. This project aims to assess possible future-oriented, circular material management systems to improve recyclate quality. The material management system includes collection systems (i.e. separate collection) with a focus on mechanical recycling.

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