Plastic Aluminium Laminate Recycling

We transform plastic waste into oil feedstock to produce new plastic effectively closing the loop on packaging recycling.

Plastic aluminium laminate recycling.

According to wrap we get through 139 000 tonnes of laminated packaging a year which contains around 13 500 tonnes of valuable aluminium. Recycling of laminated packaging. A uk company developed a process for recycling laminated packing using microwave pyrolysis generating aluminum scrap and hydrocarbons in the form of both condensable liquid and non condensable gaseous products. The benefit from this new self driven recycling system with plastic aluminium laminate is aluminium ingot oil and gas.

While the packaging is brilliant at keeping foods fresher for longer once aluminium foil paper and plastic have been laminated there s no easy way of getting them apart and recovering the materials. As it stands there is no proper closed loop system put in place to handle the recycling of flexible packaging especially multi layer high barrier materials specifically structures composed of aluminum foil within a polyethylene pe laminate. Process description and plant datasheet laminated packaging flexible laminated packaging consists of layers of aluminium and plastic and or paper and is widely used in food pouches toothpaste and cosmetic tubes drink cartons and many other products. Our process is the only one in the world capable of recycling plastic aluminium laminates by splitting them into aluminium with a low carbon footprint and high value oil.

The process is clean efficient and economical for both post consumer and industrial waste. Our pioneering technology enables the recycling of plastic aluminium laminates by using a unique proprietary pyrolysis solution capable of handling low density packaging waste. Enval has created a unique solution for recycling plastic aluminium laminates using microwave induced pyrolysis. Flexible packaging recycling today.

Dairy brand yeo valley organic has joined enval s zero waste to landfill scheme which provides a process for the recycling of laminate packaging. Two recycling initiatives have been launched recently as companies seek to recycle the plastic pouches in which their products are sold. Post consumer laminated packaging is not a targeted material and is not currently recycled in the uk.