Clarifying European terminology in plastics recycling
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- Kim Ragaert, Cloé Ragot, Kevin Van Geem (UGent) , Sascha Kersten, Yoni Shiran and Steven De Meester (UGent)
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- OPTIMA (OPTIMA: PrOcess intensification and innovation in olefin ProducTion by Multiscale Analysis and design)
- Abstract
- The increasing activities in plastics recycling have led to a sprawl of terminology describing different technologies and technology categorizations. This creates not only linguistic confusion but also makes it difficult for regulators, investors, corporate leaders and other stakeholders to fully understand the relationship between different technologies, potentially leading to suboptimal decisions on policy, investment, or collaboration. To bring clarity to this topic, this manuscript provides an overview of (i) the different circular pathways for plastics, with a focus on recycling, (ii) the most common categorization of recycling technologies, (iii) what is considered 'recycling' by the European Commission and (iv) some alternative terms used in grey and academic literature to describe recycling technologies.
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- Plastics recycling, Nomenclature, Circular economy, Recovery, WASTE, GASIFICATION, SEPARATION
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-01HE50D07Q5GNNKK32HDRJYJGC
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- Ragaert, Kim, et al. “Clarifying European Terminology in Plastics Recycling.” CURRENT OPINION IN GREEN AND SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY, vol. 44, 2023, doi:10.1016/j.cogsc.2023.100871.
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- Ragaert, K., Ragot, C., Van Geem, K., Kersten, S., Shiran, Y., & De Meester, S. (2023). Clarifying European terminology in plastics recycling. CURRENT OPINION IN GREEN AND SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY, 44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogsc.2023.100871
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- Ragaert, Kim, Cloé Ragot, Kevin Van Geem, Sascha Kersten, Yoni Shiran, and Steven De Meester. 2023. “Clarifying European Terminology in Plastics Recycling.” CURRENT OPINION IN GREEN AND SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY 44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogsc.2023.100871.
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- Ragaert, Kim, Cloé Ragot, Kevin Van Geem, Sascha Kersten, Yoni Shiran, and Steven De Meester. 2023. “Clarifying European Terminology in Plastics Recycling.” CURRENT OPINION IN GREEN AND SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY 44. doi:10.1016/j.cogsc.2023.100871.
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- 1.Ragaert K, Ragot C, Van Geem K, Kersten S, Shiran Y, De Meester S. Clarifying European terminology in plastics recycling. CURRENT OPINION IN GREEN AND SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY. 2023;44.
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- [1]K. Ragaert, C. Ragot, K. Van Geem, S. Kersten, Y. Shiran, and S. De Meester, “Clarifying European terminology in plastics recycling,” CURRENT OPINION IN GREEN AND SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY, vol. 44, 2023.
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