METHOD FOR RECYCLING POST-CONSUMER ABSORBENT ARTICLE

The present invention relates to a method for recovering plastic material(s) from a post-consumer disposable absorbent article comprising a topsheet, a backsheet, an absorbent core, a hot melt adhesive composition H, wherein at least one of the topsheet and the backsheet comprises at least one plast...

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Hauptverfasser: BELLINI, Clement, LAFERTE, Olivier
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Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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Zusammenfassung:The present invention relates to a method for recovering plastic material(s) from a post-consumer disposable absorbent article comprising a topsheet, a backsheet, an absorbent core, a hot melt adhesive composition H, wherein at least one of the topsheet and the backsheet comprises at least one plastic material,wherein the hot melt adhesive composition H comprises:∘ at least one polymer P selected from the group consisting of polyolefins, thermoplastic block copolymers of a vinyl-based aromatic hydrocarbon and a conjugated diene compound, and mixtures thereof;∘ at least one tackifier T comprising at least one ester group or carboxylic acid group;the method being characterized in that it comprises:- a step i) of providing a post-consumer disposable absorbent article,- a step ii) of immersing the post-consumer disposable absorbent article in an alkaline aqueous solution in conditions sufficient to obtain debonding of plastic material(s),- a step iii) of separation and recovering of plastic material(s) from the medium.