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Tetra Pak Recycling – Current Trends and New Developments

Received: 19 May 2017     Published: 20 May 2017
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Abstract

Tetra Pak packaging is considered an important source of high quality waste paper for pulp industry. Parallel to the fibre recovery a large quantity of PE-Al laminate is produced as by product. Reclaiming that perspective resource will be in focus of many pulp processing plants as conventional ways of disposing of such material are limited by new regulations. From many perspective technologies, only a few have achieved industrial level implementation.

Published in American Journal of Chemical Engineering (Volume 5, Issue 3)
DOI 10.11648/j.ajche.20170503.12
Page(s) 37-42
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Keywords

PE-Al Laminate, Tetra Pak, Delamination, Recycling

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    Jan Zawadiak, Szymon Wojciechowski, Tomasz Piotrowski, Alicja Krypa. Tetra Pak Recycling – Current Trends and New Developments. Am J Chem Eng. 2017;5(3):37-42. doi: 10.11648/j.ajche.20170503.12

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  • Department of Chemical Organic Technology and Petrochemistry, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland

  • Department of Chemical Organic Technology and Petrochemistry, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland

  • Department of Chemical Organic Technology and Petrochemistry, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland

  • Department of Chemical Organic Technology and Petrochemistry, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland

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