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Journal of Biotechnology and Phytochemistry| Volume: 2
December 03-04, 2018 | Dubai, UAE
Recycling and Waste Management
6
th
International Conference on
Recovery and recycling of laminated packing materials
C Srinivasakannan, Pravin Kannan
and
Ahmed Shoaibi
Khalifa University (PI Campus), UAE
I
t still remains a challenge to the recycling industry to
develop an efficient, economical and environmentally-
friendly commercial laminated packaging waste recycling
system. Laminated packaging materials comprise a thin foil
of aluminum, laminated in a matrix of paper and/or plastic
layers, and are used for the packaging of consumer goods
such as food, drinks, pet foods, toothpastes, and cosmetic
products. Although few technical solutions were developed
to reuse or recycle the waste, only one technology has been
commercialized they have been largely impractical and
not economically feasible for laminated packaging waste.
The objective of the research is to develop a recycling
technique to segregate aluminum from component
plastics and paper in post-consumer laminated packaging
waste. The development of such a technique is essential
in the recovery of valuable aluminum, cellulose fibers,
and pure polymers. All these recovered materials are
high valued products that are much cheaper to produce
using this recycling method than conventional processes.
In this project, recycling of laminated packaging waste
using a solvent based delamination/dissolution would
be examined. Plastics dissolution and recovery would
be accomplished using organic solvents to reclaim the
component polymers, typically polyethylene. Aluminum
and paper would be recovered as the final insoluble residue
after separating the plastics. This technique is expected
to yield higher recovery rates and the reclaimed products
quality would be in comparison with the virgin materials.
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