Development of chemical wash processes as advanced pretreatment in plastic recycling Ghent University
The demand for plastic packaging continues to grow due to their exceptional functional performance, including among others, oxygen, moisture and light barrier, printability and food compliance. However, recycling rates of plastic packaging are still low due to the lack of infrastructure in collection and sorting, as well as their inherently complex structures including the presence of multilayers, additives, inks, among others. In European ...