Title:

Recycling of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles in the logistics supply chain – overview

Alternative title:

Recykling butelek z politereftalanu etylenu (PET) w logistycznym łańcuchu dostaw – przegląd

Creator:

Zając, Paweł ; Ejdys, Stanisław ; Dzik, Renata

Subject:

bottles ; PET ; recycling ; recovery ; reverse logistics ; waste

Description:

A great deal of packaging made of PET is observed in logistics supply chains, and the article is particularly concerned with food – bottles. The implementation of the EU's "zero-waste" guidelines implies action on the part of producers of: packaging and food for B2C distribution to find new solutions to enable the above-mentioned stakeholders in the logistics supply chain to achieve a balance of the aforementioned business parties – taking into account environmental protection. The article discusses the tasks and possibilities under the above conditions of a new type of "RECYCLER" companies, which, at the end of the life of PET packaging, i.e. after the foodstuffs in PET bottles have been consumed, produce a recyclate and return it to re-production. In a number of journals, including e.g. (Połednik et al. 2016, Topiarzová et al. 2011), respecting good recycling practices – there is an ongoing discussion on the sense of introducing reusable packaging, deposits, etc. This article discusses the barriers to recovery in a multi-level plastics recovery system, with specific reference to the operation of a PET bottle recycling line, and presents a pre-verified concept for a method to increase the efficiency of separating PET bottles from the plastics fraction in a multi-level waste separation system.

Place of publishing:

Koszalin

Publisher:

Politechnika Koszalińska

Date:

2022

Type:

artykuł w czasopiśmie

Language:

eng

Is part of:

Rocznik Ochrona Środowiska. Vol. 24, s. 439-456

Rights:

Biblioteka Politechniki Koszalińskiej

Access rights:

internet

License:

Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0