Municipal solid waste processing and separation employing wet torrefaction for alternative fuel production and aluminum reclamation

The non-recyclable plastic fraction of laminated aluminum was observed to be delaminated and separated from its aluminum counterpart at a temperature of 170 °C using an additional acetic acid concentration of 3%, leaving less than 25% of the plastic content in the aluminum part. Plastic products from both samples had high calorific values of more than 30 MJ/kg, which is sufficient to be converted and used as a fuel.