摘要 |
<p>Packages of foodstuffs, e.g. butter, yoghurt, are recycled, e.g. after passing sell-by-date, by a method in which the packaging is first pre-crushed (1) between a pair of driven rolls (1.2) formed by discs which shred the packages, which then pass through an input shaft (1.3) to a separator (2) consisting of a rotating perforated hollow drum (2.2) and an endless, highly elastic belt (2.3), which pressed on part of the drum shell. The flowable packaging contents pass through the perforations, while the packaging material passes to an exit zone (2.7) for collection in a hopper (2.8).</p> |