Technologies

Engineering Sciences

Title:

Plastic Waste Sorting System for Recycling of PET Materials

Area:

Engineering Sciences

Status:

Lab scale. Transferred to an entrepreneur.

Developing Agency:

Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) ? Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute (CEERI)

Investment required (in INR):

Fixed investment: Rs.58 lakh. Production cost per system: Rs.16 lakh.

Brief Description

Description :

The developed laboratory prototype sorts disposed consumer plastic packaging wastes moving on a conveyor belt. This state-of-art plastic waste sorting technology has been developed for the first time in India. Operating principle: Based on on-line Near infrared spectroscopy of the singulated plastic objects moving on a conveyor. Materials sorted: Poly-ethylene-teraphthalate (PET), independent of color except carbon coating black. Can also sort poly-ethylene (PE), poly-propylene (PP), poly-vinyl-chloride (PVC) and poly-styrene (PS), independent of color except carbon containing black. System throughput: 200 kg/hour & upgradeable. Accuracy: PET material sorting close to hundred percentile. Suitable for recovery and recycle. Helps in protecting the environment, ecology and public health.

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