Recycling of plastic

More about tonight's presentation:

Recycling of styrofoam (Flamingo):

EPS-recycle is a danish company located in Thisted. They have developed a method of handling styrofoam (flamingo) so that instead of burning it, it can be recycled. Styrofoam is made of a combination of polystyrene (PS) and air, creating a light and shock absorbing material great for packing.

Eps-recycle works with EPS and GPPS. From EPS (Styrofoam or Airpop) they create GPPS (general purpose polystyrene) which can be used to the same products as PS.

There have been a lot of challenges by developing this method, due to the low density of the material, all this will Lars Steffensen from EPS-recycle come and tell us more about.

Read about EPS-recycle here.

Challenges on recycling of plastic:

Mogens Hinge Assco. Professor from Aarhus University will come and give a presentation on the challenges of recycling of plastic.

Plastic is a great material, with many uses, the big challenges though is to ensure the largest degree of re-use or recycling, without damaging the environment.

Program:

17.00: Welcome at Miljøteknisk Gruppe IDA Nord

17.10: Recycling of Flamingo

ca. 18.15 Break, networking and sandwich

Ca. 18.45 Challenges on recycling plastics

Ca. 19.45 Finishing questions

20.00 Thanks for tonight

Practical information:

Miljøteknisk gruppe IDA Nord is serving drinks and sandwich during the evening.

A no-show fee of DKK 150 will be charged for no-show.

Questions can be asked to the organizer at msigsgaard@gmail.com