Plastic Recycling: The Art of Separation of Plastics by Floatation Method

Type: Presentation

Description:
Different plastics and how they are recycled with be presented. To depict an important aspect of recycling, different plastic materials will be taken and subjected to separation by a simple density-based method. The most widely used plastics, high-density polyethylene (HDPE), low-density polyethylene (LDPE), polystyrene (PS), and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) will be taken and daily used examples of each will be shown. Students will be amazed to apply the concept of density, using simple materials available in-house, to solve real-world problems.