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Selective recovery of
polypropylene
(and polyethylene) from mixed plastic wastes
Project ID: D2021-43 Background
Polypropylene
(PP) is a thermoplastic polymer used in packaging materials, consumer goods, automotive components, and medical devices. It is difficult to recover PP from mixed plastic waste streams; PP has a similar density to polyethylene (PE) and cannot be selectively separated from PE via the sink-float methods...