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Journal of Clinical and Experimental Toxicology | Volume: 2

December 03-04, 2018 | Dubai, UAE

International Conference on

Toxicology, Clinical Toxicology & Pharmacology

Recycling & Waste Management

Joint Event

Recovery and recycling of laminated packing materials

C Srinivasakannan, Pravin Kannan

and

Ahmed Shoaibi

Khalifa University, UAE

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.

Toxicology 2018 & Recycling 2018, Volume 2

DOI: 10.4066/2630-4570-C1-003