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Plastic Recycling: Recycling Plastic From MSW Can Now Earn Carbon Credits
The CDM EB has approved a new small-scale methodology "AMS-III AJ Recovery and recycling of materials from solid wastes" assigned to sectoral scope 13, which is now eligible to earn carbon credits. The methodology covers activities for recovery and recycling of high density polyethylene (HDPE) and low density polyethylene (LDPE) materials in muncipal solid wates (MSW)
HDPE and LDPE plastics recovered from MSW in the recycling facilities are further processed in manufacturing facilities to produce intermediate and finished products e.g plastic resin, plastic bag to displace production of virgin HDPE and LDPE materials in dedicated facilities thereby resulting in energy savings and emission reduction.
HDPE is durable, resistant to chemical change and tougher than LDPE, HDPE is used in buckets, garbage bins and many other applications. LDPE is used mainly for its flexibility at the cost of durability and strength. LDPE is used in glad-wrap, shopping bags and drinking bottles.
HDPE and LDPE plastics are obtained from municipal solid waste by way of separation, cleaning and compaction/packing for further processing in order to produce intermediate/finished products to substitute virgin raw materials in an industrial production chain.
The process may be accomplished manually and/or using mechanical equipment including one or more of hte following measures: washing of the separated LDPE and HDPE materials with hot water, drying, compaction, shredding and pelletizing.
Among other requirements, the wastes containing recyclable materials are to be procured locally from sources located within 200 km of the recycling facilities. Plastics already segregated from the rest of the waste and transported over 200 km distance are not eligible.
Source: "CarbonYatra"
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