Recycling

AIMPLAS provides solutions to the main problems facing recycling and environmental companies.

Process improvement

Elimination of odours and contaminants

Recycled plastic in contact with food

Compliance with legislation

Our solutions for the recycling sector

Improvement of the recycling process and/or the material obtained

Selective sorting of complex materials: mixed waste, mixed plastics, very dirty plastics, thermoset plastics, tyres, etc.
Reduction and reuse of manufacturing scrap and rejects.
Optimization of recycling processes and the properties of recycled plastic.
Sustainability of plastic processes and products: recyclability, carbon footprint, ecodesign, ecoindicators, life cycle analysis.
Improving the properties of recycled plastic through additivation and compounding.
Search for new applications for recycled plastics (automotive, construction industries, etc.).

Elimination of odours and contaminants

Decontamination of recycled plastics to remove hazardous substances and odours through additivation and supercritical CO₂.

Use of recycled plastic in food contact applications

Compliance with legislation on recycling products used for food contact, both in the authorisation process and in the development of products based on the use of functional barriers.
Training workshops on the use of recycled plastic in food contact applications.

Compliance with regulations and legislation

Control and characterization of recycled raw materials (fluidity index, density, impurities…).
Audit on the use of recycled material.
Advice on compliance with product legislation on the use of recycled material.
Environmental impact assessment (Carbon footprint, LCA).
Ecolabelling of recycled products (e.g. Blue Angel, etc).
RecyClass Certificacions.
Recyclability analysis.