Plastics waste sorting and recycling

Abstract

A method for sorting a plastic waste stream including one or more article (s) comprises the steps of: detecting at least one identifier element per article, wherein the at least one identifier element is related to at least one decentral identifier associated with the article; providing the decentral identifier associated with the one or more article (s) and providing, based on the decentral identifier, material composition data and / or article history data by one or more network node (s) of a decentral network; assigning the one or more article (s) to one or more plastic waste fraction (s) based on the material composition data and / or article history data; generating, based on the assigned waste fraction, control data for sorting the one or more article (s) to the assigned plastic waste fraction (s); providing the generated control data to the assigned plastic waste fraction (s). It further discloses an apparatus for sorting a plastic waste stream, the use of composition data and / or article history data of waste articles for sorting a plastic waste stream into one or more waste fraction (s), and a decentral data consuming network node or data consuming service configured to provide the composition data and / or article history data.

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