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The recycling of plastic materials represents an important sector within the circular economy, with growth in recent years. Increasingly, the market demands better recycled materials, with good quality and control. It is necessary to know what possibilities there are for the recovery of plastic waste and what are the advantages of each of the processes such as mechanical recycling, chemical recycling or energy recovery, as well as which is the appropriate equipment for each occasion.

Call open all year.

You will have two months to complete the course from the moment you decide to start it.

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Registration period
Until 31 of October 2024 or full capacity

Date and Schedule

From 19th Jan to 22nd Dec

Duration

40 class hours

Location

Online

Price

AIMPLAS members 408€

Non-members: 510€

Unemployed 408€
10% discount on the second attendee from the same company
Prices exempt from VAT

Objectives

  • Learn the characteristics of plastic waste according to origin and type of material.
  • Understand the recycling process.
  • Understand other recovery processes complementary to recycling.
  • Understand the most common equipment in a recycling line.
  • Learn the possibilities of additivation of recycled plastic materials.
  • Understand the identification and characterisation of recycled plastic materials.
  • Recognise the product legislation at national level (Spain) that can be the market for recycled materials.

Who is it aimed at?

  • Purchasing, sales, quality and production personnel and managers of recycling companies.
  • Purchasing, quality and production staff of companies using recycled plastic materials.
  • Priority for registration will be given to industrial partners and customers.

Programme

INTRODUCTION TO PLASTIC MATERIALS AND THEIR WASTE

WASTE VALORIZATION

  • Types of Waste Recovery Introduction
  • Biomethanization and Composting
  • Types of waste recycling
  • Energy recovery and disposal
  • Plastics management in Europe and Spain

MECHANICAL RECYCLING

  • Introduction
  • Equipment
  • Addition
  • Specific recycling processes by waste type
  • Other operations that are complementary to recycling

CHARACTERISATION OF RECYCLED MATERIAL

  • Sampling
  • Technical data sheet for recycled material
  • Identification of materials
  • Physical and mechanical properties

APPLICLABLE LAWS ON RECYCLED PLASTICS SECTOR

  • Extended Producer Responsibility and Integrated Waste Management Systems
  • Legislation on Products with Recycled Material

CERTIFICATIONS IN THE SECTOR OF RECYCLING PLASTICS AND RECYCLED PLASTIC PRODUCTS

  • Certifications in the industry of plastic recycling and recycled plastic products

Open calls

From 19 of January 2024 to 22 of December 2024

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Methodology

  • The course has been designed to be taught online through AIMPLAS Plastics Academy, providing flexibility to follow it, at any time and from any place.
  • The course is modular and consists of interactive multimedia contents. AIMPLAS professional technicians collaborate in its development and implementation, and, through personalised tutorials and other tools offered by the web will help the student to understand everything related to the recycling of plastic materials.
  • A Q&A videoconference session with a maximum duration of one hour.
  • You will have two months to complete the course.

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