Essays about: "handling PET-bottles"

Found 3 essays containing the words handling PET-bottles.

  1. 1. Defining requirements of PET scrap for open loop recycling of post-industrial waste

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Kemiteknik (CI)

    Author : Josephine Digné; [2020]
    Keywords : Chemical Engineering; plastics; thermoplastics; PET; polyethylene terephthalate; foamed plastics; recycling; post-industrial waste; circular economy; återvinning; kemiteknik; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : To reduce the environmental impact and minimize the exploitation of the depleting re-sources, the transition to a circular economy is vital. It proposes an economy of reduced ma-terial consumption and increased reuse and recycling of plastics and other materials. READ MORE

  3. 2. PET-bottles: From waste to resource

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

    Author : Evelina Magnusson; Mattias Klang; Moa Westlund; [2019]
    Keywords : Construction; product development; PET; roof. recycling; Konstruktion; produktutveckling; PET; tak; återvinning.;

    Abstract : One of the biggest problems in Guatemala is the handling of plastic waste. Many of the watercourses and rivers in Guatemala are filled with plastic bottles which has a negative impact on both nature and the country’s inhabitants. At the same time, Guatemala is dealing with the problem of segregation between rich and poor. READ MORE

  4. 3. A Minor Field study on facilitating the handling of used PET water bottles in Uganda

    University essay from Fakulteten för hälsa, natur- och teknikvetenskap (from 2013)

    Author : Olga Sabirova Höjerström; [2013]
    Keywords : Minor Field Study; product development in Uganda; handling PET-bottles; fältstudie; produktutveckling i Uganda; hantering av PET-flaskor;

    Abstract : This is a Minor Fields Study (MFS) project with the aim to facilitate the handling of empty PET bottles in Uganda. The eight weeks in Uganda gave an insight in how products are produced and how the waste surplus material is managed by local producers as well as factories. READ MORE