Risk and Opportunity of Using Plastics from Waste Collected in a Yellow Bag

Polymers

Jacek Połomka¹  Sylwia Myszograj²  Andrzej Jędrczak² 

[1] Regional Municipal Waste Treatment Plant in Marszów, 68200 Marszów, Poland;University of Zielona Góra, Institute of Environmental Engineering, Szafrana 15, 65246 Zielona Góra, Poland;

关键词: plastic waste;    yellow bag;    reuse;    recycling;   

DOI  :  10.3390/polym12081815

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The article presents the results of research aimed at analysing the share of fractions suitable for recycling and pollutants in waste collected in a yellow bag. The research was carried out in an area inhabited by 200,000 people. The amount of waste collected in the communes in yellow containers in 2016–2019 increased systematically in communes: rural by 75.8, urban–rural by 44.9 and urban by 17.8%. The collection efficiency expressed in the degree of collection was the highest and grew fastest in rural areas (from 25.1 to 35.5%). In cities, it practically did not change (14.4–15.8%). The weight of recyclable components represented on average 39.9% of the weight of yellow bag waste. Plastic bottles (PET) packaging prevailed, the share of which changed from 19.6 to 14.8%, including the share of colourless PET decreasing from 7.9 to 5.8%. At present, revenue from the sale of secondary raw materials obtained from waste collected separately to yellow bags covers only 26% of the costs related to the recycling and recovery of waste delivered to the installation. Support for separate collection of plastics through recovery organisations, i.e., entrepreneurs who are obliged to recover and recycle waste, is symbolic.

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