Feasibilities of Aluminium Recovery from Combined Packaging Waste

International Journal of Agriculture & Environmental Science

© 2019 by SSRG - IJAES Journal

Volume 6 Issue 6

Year of Publication : 2019

Authors : Asta Rimšaitė, Tamari Mumladze , Gintaras Denafas

10.14445/23942568/IJAES-V6I6P114

How to Cite?

Asta Rimšaitė, Tamari Mumladze , Gintaras Denafas, "Feasibilities of Aluminium Recovery from Combined Packaging Waste," SSRG International Journal of Agriculture & Environmental Science, vol. 6,  no. 6, pp. 103-111, 2019. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/23942568/IJAES-V6I6P114

Abstract:

This research aimed to evaluate the different possibility of recovery Aluminium from combined packaging. Increasing consumer demand and maintaining the quality of various products led to the development of multifunctional food packaging. In many cases, the functionality of the packaging increases with the increase of the various materials used for combined packaging. Aluminium foil, various polymer, paper, and cardboard are the most common materials used in the combined packaging. Although the combined package provides adequate protection of the product from various external factors, it has a negative side, recycling of these types of waste is rather complicated, for this reason, combined packaging waste is disposed in landfills or burned. For recovery of aluminium from this type of packaging waste, we selected wet separation process method. There were chosen three different separating reagents, three types of combined packaging waste samples, and condition was: temperature 60-100oC, 300 rpm. Mixing and 1 g / 200 ml of the sample, time was different, for organic solvent it was approximately 8 minutes, for acid reagent it was 30 minutes.

Keywords:

Aluminium, packaging waste, Recycling, Metal recovery, polymers

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