A System for Identification of a Plastic Container for Re-Use or Recycling
AssigneeInpress Precision Ltd
InventorsHenry POWELL, William POWELL
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Abstract
A system for the identification of a plastic product to establish its suitability for re-use or recycling. The system comprises: means to collect a plastic product after its use; means to identify the product; means to identify the chemical composition of the product once identified; means to capture and analyse the physical appearance of the product; computer processing means to select the subsequent processing step for the product dependent on the identification and analysis data. The processing step is one of breaking down the product into granular form or re-distributing the product for use.
Claims8
A system for the identification of a plastic product to establish its suitability for re-use or recycling, the system comprising:
- means to collect a plastic product after its use;
- means to identify the product;
- means to identify the chemical composition of the product once identified;
- means to capture and analyse the physical appearance of the product;
- computer processing means to select the subsequent processing step for the product dependent on the identification and analysis data;
- said processing step being one of breaking down the product into granular form or re-distributing the product for use.
A method of selecting a plastic product for re-use or recycling;
- the method comprising the steps of:
- identifying the product, including its initial chemical composition;
- capturing and analysing the physical appearance of the product;
- selecting, based on the identification and analysis data whether the product should be recycled or re-used.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.