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motive plastic waste is considerable. More than The resulting circular feedstock enables the pro-
one million tonnes of automotive plastic waste duction of high-quality materials, including per-
are currently landfilled or incinerated in Europe formance plastics that meet the requirements of
each year. Although a portion can be recovered demanding applications such as safety-relevant
through mechanical recycling, a residual mixed automotive components.
plastic stream remains. The ETH Zurich study Source - https://www.recycling-magazine.com
demonstrates that co-gasifying this residual
waste with biomass in multi-purpose assets of-
fers a feasible recycling route with lower CO
2
emissions compared to incineration.
PACKAGING INDUSTRY & RECYCLING
CENTRAL POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD DELHI
motive plastic waste is considerable. More than The resulting circular feedstock enables the pro-
one million tonnes of automotive plastic waste duction of high-quality materials, including per-
are currently landfilled or incinerated in Europe formance plastics that meet the requirements of
each year. Although a portion can be recovered demanding applications such as safety-relevant
through mechanical recycling, a residual mixed automotive components.
plastic stream remains. The ETH Zurich study Source - https://www.recycling-magazine.com
demonstrates that co-gasifying this residual
waste with biomass in multi-purpose assets of-
fers a feasible recycling route with lower CO
2
emissions compared to incineration.
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