Polymer Recycling

Dr. John Scheirs has worked extensively with poly and related polyesters. His early work involved studying the UV stability of PET and poly- ethylene naphthalate - in France and later he was involved with studying various industrial problems involving polyesters, such as photodegradation, annealing, crystallization behaviour, embrittlement, degradation by aminolysis, differential scanning calorimetry analysis, environmental stress cracking, hydrolysis, nucleating agents, transesterification, injection moulding of recycled PET compounds, solid-state polycondensation, desiccant drying of PET and melt stabilization of PET. More recently in the period 1998-2000, he was the technical manager for Coca-Cola Amatil's world-first PET reforming plant which converts post-consumer PET bottles into high-grade, high IV palletized PET for direct reuse in new bottles and injection and sheet moulding applications. John Scheirs is now the principal consultant with ExcelPlas Polymer Technology where he specializes in polymer recycling chemistry, formulation, processing and testing.

• Sorting and Separation Techniques. Size Reduction of Recycled Plastics. Melt Filtration of Contamination in Recycled Polymers. Recycling of PET. Recycling of Polyolefins. Recycling of PVC. Polystyrene Recycling. Nylon Recycling. Recycling of Engineering Thermoplastics. Recycling of Polyurethanes. Recycling of Polymers Composities. Rubber Tyre Recycling. Feedstock Recycling--Pyrolysis, Hydrogenation and Gasification. Incineration of Plastic Waste with Energy Recovery. Plastics Lumber Based on Recycled Polymers. Index.