Recycling of Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Bottles in the Logistics Supply Chain – Overview

Rocznik Ochrona Środowiska 2022, vol. 24, pp. 439-456

peoplePaweł Zając1 orcid, peopleStanisław Ejdys2 orcidThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., peopleRenata Dzik2 orcid

institution 1. Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland
2. Ignacy Moscicki’s University of Applied Sciences in Ciechanów, Poland
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doi1 https://doi.org/10.54740/ros.2022.031
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A great deal of packaging made of PET is observed in logistics supply chains, and the article is particularly concerned with food – bottles. The implementation of the EU's "zero-waste" guidelines implies action on the part of producers of: packaging and food for B2C distribution to find new solutions to enable the above-mentioned stakeholders in the logistics supply chain to achieve a balance of the aforementioned business parties – taking into account environmental protection. The article discusses the tasks and possibilities under the above conditions of a new type of "RECYCLER" companies, which, at the end of the life of PET packaging, i.e. after the foodstuffs in PET bottles have been consumed, produce a recyclate and return it to re-production. In a number of journals, including e.g. (Połednik et al. 2016, Topiarzová et al. 2011), respecting good recycling practices – there is an ongoing discussion on the sense of introducing reusable packaging, deposits, etc. This article discusses the barriers to recovery in a multi-level plastics recovery system, with specific reference to the operation of a PET bottle recycling line, and presents a pre-verified concept for a method to increase the efficiency of separating PET bottles from the plastics fraction in a multi-level waste separation system.

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bottles, PET, recycling, recovery, reverse logistics, waste

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Zając P, Ejdys S, Dzik R. Recycling of Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Bottles in the Logistics Supply Chain – Overview. Rocznik Ochrona Środowiska. 2022; 24. https://doi.org/10.54740/ros.2022.031

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Zając, P., Ejdys, S., Dzik, R. 2022. Recycling of Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Bottles in the Logistics Supply Chain – Overview. Rocznik Ochrona Środowiska. 24. DOI:https://doi.org/10.54740/ros.2022.031

ACS Style
Zając, P.; Ejdys, S.; Dzik, R. Recycling of Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Bottles in the Logistics Supply Chain – Overview Rocznik Ochrona Środowiska 2022, 24, 439-456. https://doi.org/10.54740/ros.2022.031

APA Style
Zając, P., Ejdys, S., Dzik, R. (2022). Recycling of Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Bottles in the Logistics Supply Chain – Overview. Rocznik Ochrona Środowiska, 24, 439-456. https://doi.org/10.54740/ros.2022.031

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ZAJĄC, P.; EJDYS, S.; DZIK, R. Recycling of Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Bottles in the Logistics Supply Chain – Overview. Rocznik Ochrona Środowiska, v. 24, p. 439-456, 2022. https://doi.org/10.54740/ros.2022.031

Chicago Style
Zając, Paweł, Ejdys, Stanisław, Dzik, Renata. 2022. "Recycling of Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Bottles in the Logistics Supply Chain – Overview". Rocznik Ochrona Środowiska 24, 439-456. https://doi.org/10.54740/ros.2022.031

Harvard Style
Zając, P., Ejdys, S., Dzik, R. (2022) "Recycling of Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Bottles in the Logistics Supply Chain – Overview", Rocznik Ochrona Środowiska, 24, pp. 439-456. doi:https://doi.org/10.54740/ros.2022.031

IEEE Style
P. Zając, S. Ejdys, R. Dzik, "Recycling of Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Bottles in the Logistics Supply Chain – Overview", RoczOchrSrod, vol 24, pp. 439-456. https://doi.org/10.54740/ros.2022.031

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