PET Bottle 98-2.

Grade: PET Bottle clear 98/2

EWC Code: 19 12 04

Total weight: 60 Tonnes

Expected load weight: 20 Tonnes​

Total loads: 3

Production: 3 loads a month

Availability: On going dependant on feedstock

Stored: Outside

Expected Haulage Type: Curtainsider and container

Material Background: The material arrives on site as baled mixed plastics.

The material is loaded onto a conveyor and then into a bale breaker where the material is separated before heading into the main PRF via a conveyor, from here it travels via a conveyor into a ballistic separator where all plastics move forward and any remaining 2d objects like paper and card fall into a waiting bunker. The ballistic separator also has 40mm holes to capture and fines and glass that weren’t removed by the initial separation operation before arriving on site, these fines are bunkered.

The material first passes through an Overband magnet to remove any remaining ferrous metal and then an Eddy-current to remove any aluminium. The material is bunkered separately and then baled.

To help process the most amount of plastic possible all remaining material first heads off to NIR 6 where it targets all plastics, the plastics move forward, and any remaining non-plastic waste is bunkered and baled as residue.

The remaining material moves forward on a conveyor where NIR 1 positively targets all PET, this travels via a separate conveyor where NIR 3 positively targets the PET Nat bottle. The separated bottle is then bunkered and then baled. The material is then re-run through NIR 3 to capture any missed PET Nat bottle which is diverted into the PET Nat bunker before being baled. The remaining material moves forward and passes by NIR 2 which positively targets all PP, this material is then bunkered and baled.

The material then moves onto NIR 5 which is split into two tracks here both HDPE Nat and HDPE jazz are positively targeted and then bunkered and baled. As with the PET Nat the material is re-run through NIR 5 to capture as much HDPE Nat and Jazz as possible, this material is also bunkered and baled. The remaining material travels onto NIR 4 where PET Jazz is positively targeted this is also bunkered and baled.