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    See how Decathlon and Lego "use high-value" recycled plastics

    • Last Update: 2021-09-04
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    [ Star Enterprise of Chemical Machinery and Equipment Network ] In recent years, breakthroughs have been made in the recycling and reuse of waste plastics.
    At the same time, the concept of recycling and recycling has improved.
    With the concept of “efficient processing and high-value utilization”, waste plastics can not only be recycled into plastic products, but also can be regenerated into yarn
    .
    Waste plastics and clothing can even be recycled together to make fiber-plastic panels
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    As the public's awareness of environmental protection has increased widely, everyone has begun to pay attention to the environmental problems caused by the large-scale use of plastics
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    With the rise of fast fashion, the life span of clothing is getting shorter and shorter, which also brings a heavy burden to the planet
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    International brands have begun to enter the road of sustainable development of environmental protection and regeneration
    International brands have begun to enter the road of sustainable development of environmental protection and regeneration
    Decathlon, a French sports chain brand, has been facing the problem of a large number of plastic hangers becoming scraps
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    In order to save the manpower and time of store goods, Decathlon will hang clothes on hangers directly in the garment factory
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    Generally speaking, the hangers left over after the goods are sold are transported back to the factory for reuse.
    However, because there are only stores in some areas without factories, the tons of hangers every year can only be reduced to waste
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      Decathlon attaches great importance to environmental sustainability.
    The brand hopes that waste treatment is not only recycling and incineration, but also recycling
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    So recently I found a domestic professional company to assist in recycling
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      In order to ensure the quality and durability of recycled materials, the types of recycled plastics must be single, but Decathlon uses 3 or 4 types of hangers, which contain different plastic materials or are mixed with other additives.
    Therefore, how to classify and reuse Become the biggest difficulty
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      An industry source said, circular economy is the quality of basic plastics recycling materials shall comply with the requirements of the industry, although it sounds simple, but from the cleaning, grinding process, classified staff training, certification and other renewable materials to, and each procedure has its necessity
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      After the establishment of the classification mechanism, the waste hangers were successfully made into shopping bags, and these shopping bags can be returned to the circulation system if they are no longer used in the future
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      Three years ago, a team of more than 150 materials scientists and engineers started looking for a "sustainable, environmentally friendly building block" solution for Lego
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    The biggest challenge facing the LEGO Group’s sustainable development journey is to find new materials that can be made as strong and durable as existing building blocks and can match the LEGO elements created in the past 60 years
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      In the past three years, they have tested more than 250 PET materials and hundreds of plastics, but none of them can meet Lego's strict quality and safety requirements
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    Some people have doubts about the safety of these building blocks, but in fact, Lego has very strict control over product safety
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      For those building blocks made of recyclable plastics, the researchers combined recycled PET with "strengthening additives" through a special composite technology to make them have sufficient hardness and high durability
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    On average, one liter PET plastic bottle can make ten 2X4 Lego bricks
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      At present, this special building block is not yet on the market, and it will take some time for researchers to test it and upgrade the material formula, and then evaluate whether it can enter the trial production stage
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    At present, it will take at least one year
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      Original title: See how Decathlon and Lego "use high-value" recycled plastics
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