Recycling of plastics in automobile shredder residue.

摘要

Argonne National Laboratory has been conducting experiments to recover some of the plastics in the auto shredder residue (ASR) for recycling into the plastics manufacturing stream. As part of the study, we also reviewed the literature related to the disposal and handling of ASR. The results indicate that using solvents to extract individual thermoplastics or mixtures from ASR is technically feasible. The economic competitiveness of the process depends on many factors, including the cost of disposal, how the individual plastics affect the disposal method and cost, and the market value of the recovered plastics. We present the results obtained so far and the integrated treatment and disposal procedures that are compatible with the needs of industry. 4 refs., 2 figs.