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Sustainable Products from Plastic Waste
A five-part on-demand webinar series
During this five-part webinar series, scientific advancements in creating efficient recycling methods are presented. Topics range from regulatory requirements to analytical solutions in material development using post-consumer and post-industrial plastic waste.
Key learning objectives:
- Material Development: Learn about the latest advancements in recycled plastics.
- Innovative Methods: See the benefits of small-scale extrusion, rheology, and real-time online analytical methods.
- Regulatory Knowledge: Get updates on regulations and standards in plastic recycling.
Duration: Each webinar lasts approximately 30 minutes
Available webinars:
1. Differences in the Recycling of Pre- and Post-Consumer Plastic Waste from a Standardization Perspective
Dr. Madina Shamsuyeva
Head of the Department of Plastic Technology and Recycling, Plastic Analytics at Institute of Plastics and Circular Economy (IKK), Leibniz University Hannover
Gain insights into the classification of plastic waste streams suitable for producing PCR and PIR materials, and understand the current European standardization activities and technical debates surrounding input stream classification.
2. Fundamentals of Polymer Rheology
Dr. Ing. Ophélie Ranquet
Evonik Operations GmbH, Head of Calorimetry & Rheology
Learn the fundamentals of polymer rheology, its significance, and the influence of molecular weight on rheological behavior, while exploring various techniques to assess viscosity and flow characteristics of polymer melts and non-Newtonian substances.
3. Mechanical Recycling Meets Innovation: Real-time analysis in the extrusion process
Felix Mehrens (M.Sc.) and Niklas Rode (M.Sc.)
IKK – Institute of Plastics and Circular Economy of the Leibniz University Hannover, Department: Plastics Technology and Recycling
Discover how inline Raman spectroscopy in extrusion provides real-time material quality assessment and enables direct control, offering more reliable information on recyclate quality beyond random sample testing.
4. Studying Mechanical Marine Plastic Waste Recycling using Twin-scale Extrusion and Injection Molding
Dr. Annika Völp
Process Application Specialist at Thermo Fisher Scientific
Learn how twin-scale extrusion and injection molding transform polymer blends and marine plastic waste into reusable materials, and gain insights through analytical methods such as thermal stability, calorimetric properties, surface morphology, and mechanical characteristics compared to virgin polymers.
5. Hybrid Chemical Mechanical In-Melt Separation of PE/PET Blends: A first step towards recycling at scale of mixed plastic waste
Professor João Maia
Case Western Reserve University, Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering, USA
Discover a novel hybrid chemical-mechanical approach based on reactive extrusion for scalable recycling of mixed plastic waste (e.g. multilayer, multicomponent packages) and learn about initial scale-up results from an industrial pilot plant showing approximately 90% separation between phases.
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