NEVE, Nicolas; MACKRE-DELANNOY, Xavier; FAYOLLE, Bruno; GERVAIS, Matthieu; POMPIDOU, Stephane; CHARBUILLET, Carole; SOLLOGOUB, Cyrille; PERRY, Nicolas

doi:10.3390/recycling10040148

NEVE, Nicolas
Institut de Mécanique et d'Ingénierie de Bordeaux [I2M]

MACKRE-DELANNOY, Xavier

FAYOLLE, Bruno

Langue

Article de revue

Ce document a été publié dans

Recycling. 2025-07-28, vol. 10, n° 4, p. 148

Résumé en anglais

Plastics make up a significant proportion of the stream of the European Waste of Electric and Electronic Equipment (WEEE), yet the use of recycled plastic materials is very low in new manufactured products. A description of the WEEE waste stream in Europe is given, with a focus on the plastic materials commonly found in WEEE that include four principal polymers: polypropylene (PP), polycarbonate (PC), acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) and polystyrene (PS). Furthermore, the legislative aspects related to WEEE and plastics recycling in Europe are complex, and numerous norms have been dictated by the European Commission. These norms are crucial to the sector of polymer recycling and production in Europe. Moreover, an overview of the entire treatment chain is presented. More specifically, each step of a typical recycling chain is introduced, with a focus on the sorting of plastics and the separation of polymers. Lastly, the influence of contaminants in the plastic fraction is discussed, both in terms of polymer particles and unwanted additives. By showing the impact of the purity rate on the mechanical properties of recycled plastics, the consequences of inadequate end-of-life treatment for WEEE-plastics is highlighted, hence linking the quality of recycled plastics to the separation step and the re-compounding of recycled granulates.< Réduire

Mots clés en anglais

WEEE

Recycling

Plastics

Circular economy

URI

https://oskar-bordeaux.fr/handle/20.500.12278/207508

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/recycling10040148

Unités de recherche

Institut de Mécanique et d’Ingénierie de Bordeaux (I2M) - UMR 5295

Voir/Ouvrir

Métadonnées

Partager cette publication !

Licence d’utilisation du document

A Review of Methods and Data on the Recycling of Plastics from the European Waste Stream of Electric and Electronic Equipment

Langue

Ce document a été publié dans

Résumé en anglais

Mots clés en anglais

URI

DOI

Unités de recherche