Upscaling plastic waste to value added products by microwave assisted processes

Project information

Waste recycling is a crucial challenge for our world and plastic waste is an important component in circular economy. Plastics still commonly end up in landfills or in best case they recycled to low value products or energy recycled. Additional problem is the accumulation of plastic waste in natural environments. Feedstock recycling of plastics into new value added products by low-energy consuming processes would reduce the need of new raw materials, reduce the environmental impacts and lead to energy savings. One obstacle against feedstock recycling is the resource and energy-intensity of the current processes. The goal of this project is to turn plastic waste into value added functional chemicals, intermediates and carbon structures through time and energy saving microwave assisted processes. The obtained chemicals and carbon structures will then be utilized for production of new functional additives and property enhancers. The project is financed by FORMAS.