Impact Recycling Limited

Currently there are no viable methods for recycling post-consumer mixed flexible plastic packaging (MFPP) as existing recycling processes are focused on mixed rigid plastic feedstock. Current state of the art solutions present serious limitations that can severely affect their efficacy; mechanical recycling using near infra-red (NIR) technology struggles ...

The 'Uncaptured Unrecycled Plastics (UP)' project will establish and operate a commercial-scale demonstration facility for the recovery, sorting and recycling of post-consumer plastic packaging from mixed waste streams. The focus is on the themes of (i) sustainable solutions for films and flexibles; and (ii) solutions for problematic plastic packaging. Mi...

The aim of the PRISM (Plastic Recycling in Stochastic Modelling) project is to stop highly mixed recycled plastics being sent to landfill or for incineration by creating a market for the materials through the design of robust and reliable products that consider material property variation with probability-based analysis techniques. The project will involv...

This project seeks to carry out the development of a prototype plant that utilises Baffled Oscillation Technology to recycle a stream of sterilised clinical medical waste from an NHS Scotland contract. A technical feasibility assessment was carried out on a lab scale rig and proved the viability of recovering high value polymers from currently incinerated...

Impact have developed a novel recycling system for waste films, allowing the separation of multi-layer and mono-layer film for recycling. This technology will tackle a variety of currently unrecycable waste streams and allow recyclers and waste collectors to more effectively deal with the increase in PPE films waste generated as a result of CV19\.

This project seeks to carry out a technical feasibility assessment to determine the viability of recycling high value polymers from currently incinerated medical waste. The project will lead onto a full demonstrator at a decontamination centre based in Glasgow.

"The problem of persistent plastic waste and lack of adequate recycling solutions poses a significant challenge to current and future generations. As the amount of plastic placed on market (POM) continues to increase, the amount we recycle is failing to make tangible inroads into curbing the amount of end-of-life plastic POM being disposed (landfill, inci...

"Whilst plastic packaging recycling rates have been improving across Europe they still remain low at only 35%. With tough new government targets to come into force requiring 65% of plastic waste to be recycled it is essential new technologies are developed to allow recyclers to extract value from this waste economically and meet these targets. Currently t...

"Although rotomoulding is a well-established processing technique for the manufacture of products from polymers such as polyethylene, the use of post-consumer waste polyethylene is rare due to the problems associated with achieving good interfacial interaction between the base polymer and post-consumer waste polyethylene resulting in products that having ...

BOSS (baffled oscilation separation system) was launched in 2015 and is a commercial technology for separting mixed waste plastic. It allows higher purities than other technologies and delivers large uplifts in value to a recycler. The current system depends on working with other technologies, however Impact has identified a route to use BOSS without the ...