Plastic Aluminium Laminate Recycling

Enval has created a unique solution for recycling plastic aluminium laminates using microwave induced pyrolysis.

Plastic aluminium laminate recycling.

The process is clean efficient and economical for both post consumer and industrial waste. Recycling of laminated packaging. Laminated packaging is widely used as a packaging material for a range of products and is becoming an increasingly popular option for lightweight product packaging. The benefit from this new self driven recycling system with plastic aluminium laminate is aluminium ingot oil and gas.

Flexible packaging recycling today. A uk company developed a process for recycling laminated packing using microwave pyrolysis generating aluminum scrap and hydrocarbons in the form of both condensable liquid and non condensable gaseous products. Recycling of aluminium plastic laminated tubes and pouches. Dairy brand yeo valley organic has joined enval s zero waste to landfill scheme which provides a process for the recycling of laminate packaging.

According to wrap we get through 139 000 tonnes of laminated packaging a year which contains around 13 500 tonnes of valuable aluminium. Our process is clean efficient and economical for both post consumer and industrial waste. Two recycling initiatives have been launched recently as companies seek to recycle the plastic pouches in which their products are sold. Our process is the only one in the world capable of recycling plastic aluminium laminates by splitting them into aluminium with a low carbon footprint and high value oil.

We transform plastic waste into oil feedstock to produce new plastic effectively closing the loop on packaging recycling. Post consumer laminated packaging is not a targeted material and is not currently recycled in the uk. As it stands there is no proper closed loop system put in place to handle the recycling of flexible packaging especially multi layer high barrier materials specifically structures composed of aluminum foil within a polyethylene pe laminate.