Mechanical recycling

A method processing by which plastics is recovered from plastics wastes without intentionally changing the basic polymeric structure of the material. Plastic waste undergoes sorting processes in specialized sorting facilities to separate different plastic streams. After cleaning and grinding the sorted plastic waste, the material is recovered by melting and reshaping (e.g. regranulating) processes (pellets, flakes or powders), to be used in the manufacture of plastic parts and products.