To promote the development of the emerging global plastic recycling and recycling market, assist the plastics industry in establishing a sustainable global plastics recycling and recycling infrastructure and establishing a sustainable market for recycled plastics materials and derivatives, released by ISO International Standards Organization ISO 15270:2008 Guidelines for Plastic Waste Recycling and Recycling.
The plastic materials that need to be recycled may have different sources. The main source markets are the plastic packaging industry, construction and construction products, electrical and electronic products, automobile manufacturing/transportation, and household/consumer products.
ISO 15270:2008 establishes different options for recycling plastic waste from pre- and post-consumer consumption. The standard can help people choose the appropriate method and appropriate management method from a variety of strategies to deal with plastic waste. Under normal circumstances, plastic recycling technology can be divided into two categories, one is material recovery, including mechanical recycling, chemical or raw material recovery and biological or organic recycling; the other is through heat, steam or plastic waste to replace the main Fossil fuel resources generate electricity in the form of energy recovery.
The international standard also stipulates the quality requirements for all steps in the recycling process. To select any available recycling program, the following requirements should be met first: the negative impact on the environment needs to be minimized; the demonstration of sustainable commercial capacity is advanced; the use of feasible collection And quality control system.
ISO15270:2008 also recommends the inclusion of material standards, test standards, and product specifications. Therefore, process developments, requirements, suggestions, and terminology that appear in the standard will be intended to be universally applicable.
Dr. Michael M. Fisher, Chairman of ISO/TC61, the committee that established the standard, said: “The establishment of a material or energy recovery market is an important initiative. There is already an international transaction for discarded products for recycling purposes. ISO 15270:2008 Aims Provide a valuable resource for global service."
The ISO 15270:2008 Guidelines for Plastic Waste Recycling and Recycling is priced at 78 Swiss francs, which can be purchased from ISO member organizations or the ISO store of the ISO Center Secretariat.