Abstract
Plastix A/S is a Danish cleantech company transforming discarded fishing trawls and nets into valuable green raw materials. Plastix– technology and processes solve a maritime waste problem and contribute to a more circular green economy and reduce landfilling, marine pollution, CO 2 emissions and especially loss of valuable resources. Plastix– recycling technology enables recovery of discarded fishing trawls and nets via mechanical and thermal processes transforming the waste into valuable recycles which can be converted into plastic products replacing virgin raw materials. The performance has been proved through a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) study. The results from the LCA study are compared with the production of virgin materials. The results of the LCA show that especially the carbon footprint is remarkable better for Oceanix than for virgin plastics. Oceanix HDPE is 5 times better than virgin HDPE, when talking about the carbon foot print, and the results for Oceanix PP and Oceanix PA6 are 5 times and 20 times better compared with virgin PP and PA6. Also other environmental indicators are better for Oceanix compared with virgin plastics.
Highlights
Plastix A/S is a Danish cleantech company transforming discarded fishing trawls and nets into valuable green raw materials
Plastix’ recycling technology enables recovery of discarded fishing trawls and nets via mechanical and thermal processes transforming the waste into valuable recycles which can be converted into plastic products replacing virgin raw materials
The results show that the recycling processes at Plastix A/S outperforms the virgin plastic scenario
Summary
Plastix A/S is a Danish cleantech company transforming discarded fishing trawls and nets into valuable green raw materials. The materials collected and recycled in Plastix A/S are mainly high density polyethylene, HDPE, polypropylene, PP, and polyamide 6, PA6. They are the main part of the materials used for fishing trawls and nets used in the fishing industry. The grey zone is the place, where the input materials are received and roughly sorted up. Quite a big part of the sand in the fishing gears are removed in the grey zone as well. In the green zone it is a problem for the cutting equipment that there is sand left in the fishing gear, because it causes wear on the knives. For improving that it is a clean tech product Plastix A/S makes a life cycle assessment has been made for the products
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