| 摘要 |
<p>A method and apparatus for the recovery of plastic material from a combination of at least one optical storage medium, such as a CD or DVD, formed at least in part from a first plastics material and at least one storage container adapted for holding said optical storage medium is provided; the storage container being formed at least in part from a second plastics material and at least one insert, label, wrapper or the like, the method comprising: providing said optical storage medium and said storage container in the form of granules and said insert, label, wrapper or the like in the form of pieces or the like; introducing said optical storage medium and said storage container in the form of granules and said insert, label, wrapper or the like in the form of pieces or the like into a gas stream to separate said granules from said pieces in said gas stream; and removing at least some of said pieces from said gas stream. In a second stage the first and second plastics are separated from each other by using a liquid having a particular specific gravity such that one type of plastic floats and the other type of plastic sinks.</p> |
