Circular Economy of Plastics

From Plastics Recycling towards Feedstock Transformation

Peter Orth, Jürgen Bruder, Ulrich Liman, Manfred Rink (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

2025
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-031-78828-4 (ISBN)

Infos

This unique book provides comprehensive and holistic information on the circular economy of plastics - products and their design for circularity, markets and producer responsibility, recovery of wastes and resource responsibility, and plastics manufacturing with circular feedstocks. The central part of the book is on circularity and circular feedstocks, embedded in a framework of chapters on the relevant properties of plastic as a material, its ecosystems and mass streams across Europe on the one hand and of chapters on Life Cycle Analysis and Product Carbon Footprint, on digitalisation, logistics, and standardization on the other hand. Comprehensive information is provided on relevant EU-regulation and on national regulation in Europe, too. A knowledge body contains information on relevant associations and networks, on recent studies on the topics mentioned, and an extensive glossary. Thus the book is a compendium of information on the dynamically evolving realm of the circular economy providing insight and clarity into complex and puzzling structures and positions. The book addresses professionals in a wide range of industries together with scholars and students in science and technology as wells as policy makers, authorities, and the media.

Autor

Dr. Peter Orth is a chemist by education; with OPC - Orth Plastics Consulting he leads a group of senior consultants with decades of professional experience in leading positions in the German and European plastics industry and their associations; the focus of his activities is on innovation and sustainability in cooperation with science, industry and politics. He is currently working in the fields of the circular economy of plastics and circular feedstock for plastics. Dr. Juergen Bruder is a chemist by education; he is acting as senior consultant for the plastics industry focussing on the transformation of the industry towards a circular economy mainly addressing plastics packing and plastics applications for sustainable farming. Dr. Ulrich Liman is a chemist by education and has decades of experience in R&D in the chemical and polymer industry for polyurethane and polycarbonate applications with living experience in Germany, the US, Japan and China. Manfred Rink is a mechanical engineer by education; he is acting as senior consultant for the plastics industry focussing on future trends in the industry and resulting chances and risks; he actually is investigating the impact of a circular economy on the industry.

Inhalt

Introduction.- The material.- Feedstock.- The plastics ecosystem.- Mass streams.- Terminology.- Circular Economy of plastics.- A systematic approach.- Product - converters, brand owners, and OEMs.- Market - retailers, users, and consumers.- Wastes - collection, sorting, and recovery.- Raw material - chemical industry and plastics manufacturers.- Producer responsibility.- Non-recovered wastes and legacies.- Plastics wastes.- Biomass.- CO2.- Mass balancing.- Product carbon footprint.- Life cycle analysis.- Digitalisation.- Logistics.- Standardisation.- EU-regulation.- National regulation in Europe.- Associations, networks, and co-operations.- Studies.- Glossary.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 27.6.2025
• Zusatzinfo: Approx. 600 p. 203 illus., 149 illus. in color.
• Verlagsort: Cham
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 155 x 235 mm
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
• Schlagworte: Carbon dioxide as circular feedstock for plastics • Chemical recycling of plastics wastes • Circular feedstock for plastics from biomass • Circularity as basis for sustainable plastic growth • Collection and sorting of plastics wastes • Defossilisation in the plastics manufacturing industry • Design for circularity and sustainability of plastics • Eco-Design of plastics and plastics products • Energy recovery and thermal treatment of plastics wastes • Manufacturing in circular economy • Mass balancing for recyclate containing plastics • Mechanical recycling of plastics wastes • Plastics Design for Circularity • Plastics wastes and marine litter • Plastics wastes as circular and renewable feedstock • Product stewardship and producer responsibility for plastics • Recyclate use for manufacturing • Renewable energy for the circular economy of plastics • Retailer and consumer positions in circular economy • Steering tools for plastics circular economy
• ISBN-10: 3-031-78828-1 / 3031788281
• ISBN-13: 978-3-031-78828-4 / 9783031788284
• Zustand: Neuware