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Revolutionizing Plastic Recycling: Exploring the STRAP Process for Multilayer Film Recovery

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Learn how the STRAP process is transforming multilayer plastic recycling through smart solvent design and advanced recovery techniques.

As sustainability efforts grow across industries, recycling complex plastic waste remains a persistent challenge, especially for multilayer plastic films. These materials, commonly used in packaging, are difficult to recycle due to their mixed polymer composition. A breakthrough approach will be featured in the upcoming webinar, "Recycling Multilayer Plastic Packaging by Solvent-Targeted Recovery and Precipitation", taking place from 12–12:30 p.m. (ET) on Tuesday, June 3, 2025.

This session introduces the STRAP process, a solvent-based technology designed to recover polymers from multilayer plastics through a sequence of targeted washes. By combining computational modeling with experimental research, STRAP enables more efficient and cost-effective recycling solutions.

Attendees will learn:

How the Process Works: The basics of separating and recovering plastics using selective solvents.
Design and Optimization: How modeling tools guide solvent selection and improve efficiency.
Real-World Applications: Case studies involving rigid and flexible multilayer films.
Key Advantages: Improved material quality, process efficiency, and economic viability compared to traditional recycling.

This webinar is ideal for chemical engineers, sustainability professionals, materials scientists, and anyone involved in polymer processing or recycling technologies who is seeking innovative solutions to plastic waste management.

About the Speaker
Reid Van Lehn is the Hunt-Hougen Associate Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research combines molecular simulations and data-driven tools to engineer soft materials for sustainable and energy-related applications. Learn more about Reid.