BASF’s SpecReK project aims to find new ways to improve the mechanical recycling of plastics. The €2.2 million (US$2.3 million) project is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and carried out by the German chemicals company, in collaboration with Endress+Hauser, TechnoCompound and the Universities of Bayreuth and Jena.SpecReK is looking at how to “reliably and precisely” identify the composition of plastic waste during recycling in order to improve the quality of recycled plastics. The research team sets out to achieve this by combining measuring techniques with AI.
