FLOTO

RECOVERY OF AGRICULTURAL PLASTICS AND INDUSTRIAL PACKAGING FILMS

FILM-TYPE WASTE PLASTIC STREAMS GENERATED IN THE PRIMARY SECTOR and industrial SMEs are generally relatively pure and easy-to-recycle PE fractions. However, they are not properly managed due to generation dispersion in small quantities from each source, and the lack of interest from plastic recycling companies installed in the Basque Country. The relatively small quantities of waste plastic generated in these cases by each individual organisation led to a lack of segregation at source, uncontrolled dumping or treatment, and landfi ll disposal. It is estimated that more than 20,000 tonnes of PE used in packaging end up in landfill or in energy recovery each year in the Basque Country. This is a material of interest to ZORROZA, the company leading FLOTO and specialised in treating waste plastic fractions, and LEUNAM, manufacturers of PE fi lms for the industrial sector. GAIKER Technology Centre and the consultancy firm ZICLA, have also collaborated in FLOTO.