Recycling and Recovery of Plastics from Packagings in Domestic Waste. LCA-Type Analysis of Different Strategies

There is a public "a priori" preference for certain recycling routes for plastics waste in Germany although there is a lack of basic information on recycling and recovery technologies. the goal of the study presented is therefore: 1. to inform public and governmental authorities about environmental implications of recycling and recovery processes which are already used or principally available for the treatment of plastics waste collected on behalf and under coordination of the Duales System Deutschland (DSD) AG; 2. to provide scientific information as a prerequisite for an objective comparison of these recycling and recovery processes. The study summarises the results derived from 5 projects carried out in the years of 1994 to 1996.