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Title:

Plastic Waste Sorting System for Five Types of Plastics
Value Proposition:

The system sorts plastic waste materials moving on a conveyor into  five types of plastics viz., Poly-Ethylene-Teraphthalate (PET), Poly-Propylene (PP), Poly-Vinyl-Chloride (PVC), Poly-Styrene (PS) and Poly-Ethylene (PE).
Summary Application:

The system is useful for segregating waste plastics into different value-added polymer fractions for efficient recycling.
Advantages:
  • Aids in easy management of solid plastic waste for recycling.
  • Real-time, non-destructive and fast sorting of waste plastics
  • Automated, low cost system using open source hardware and software
  • User-friendly Graphical User Interface.
Commercialization Status: Already Commercialised
Tech. Readiness Level:
CSIR-Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute
CSIR-Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute[CSIR-CEERI]
:  director[at]ceeri[dot]res[dot]in
:91-1596-242111
:https://www.ceeri.res.in
Industrial Applications: Instrumentation, Appliances, Devices Applications [Instrumentation, Appliances, Devices] Waste management [Environmental (Clean Tech.)]
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