Innovative Plastics Recycling Sorting Solution to Be Launched At BPF Seminar

The British Plastics Federation (BPF) is pleased to announce its upcoming seminar, “Recycling the ‘Unrecyclable’ ”, which is set to take place on 2nd June at BPF House, London.

This seminar, which is aimed at middle and senior managers from all parts of the plastics recycling supply chain, will provide delegates with an opportunity to discover new and exciting techniques for recycling as well as an examination of potential solutions when recycling may not be the answer.

The diverse seminar programme will begin with a look at the current situation, as well as a “reality check” on the current recycling stream in the UK where Keith Freegard of Axion Recycling will contrast the official reported tonnages with a “closer to the coal face” slice of reality.

The seminar will also see the launch of a brand new process, developed by Impact Solutions, to separate PP and PE.  “Whilst it is perfectly possible using current technology to separate PP from PE, the problem is that the cost of doing so is in most cases so prohibitive and the cost of sorting can work out as more expensive than the value of the recovered material,’ said Kevin Ross, Managing Director of Impact Solutions.  

“Over the last two years we have developed and patented an innovative solution we are calling the baffled oscillation separation system or ‘Boss’. The process uses oscillatory baffled reactor (OBR) technology, which at a basic level involves shaking the material in a water bath in order to separate PE and PP to a very high level of purity and for a fraction of the cost incurred by using traditional methods. Whilst the technology behind baffled oscillation mixing is well understood, using it for separation was a highly innovative step.”

“So far we have a single unit up and running which can process 1 tonne per hour and only this week (15th April), the first commercial unit passed its factory acceptance test. We have developed a working table-top demonstration unit, which will be shown for the first time at the Recycling the ‘Unrecyclable’ seminar,” he added.

Other highly anticipated presentations will come from cleaning product manufacturer, Ecover, who will discuss how they were able to use plastic collected from the oceans in packaging, as well as Dupont who will look at how the use of compatibilisers can help to facilitate an overall increase in the amount of plastics that can be recycled.

This event costs only £149 + VAT for BPF Members and is set at the low price of £249 + VAT for Non Members to attend 

For more information go to www.bpfevents.co.uk 

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Notes for editors
The British Plastics Federation (BPF) is the UK trade association for the Plastics Industry – representing the whole supply chain including polymer producers, distributors, additives suppliers, machinery manufacturers, processors and recyclers.

A full list of speakers (including speaker biographies) can be seen at https://www.bpf.co.uk/events/recycling_the_unrecyclable.aspx