Plastics Recycling: Principles and Practices offers a comprehensive and technically rigorous guide to modern recycling of polymer-based materials. The book covers mono-material and multi-layer packaging, PET bottles, and complex plastic waste streams, integrating polymer science with advanced processing technologies. It explores recycling methods, degradation mechanisms, regulatory frameworks such as EPR and plastic waste rules, and industrial process flows. The text also highlights end-of-life solutions, design-for-recyclability, and emerging innovations including AI-based sorting and digital traceability. Designed for researchers, industry professionals, and policymakers, this handbook provides practical insights to support sustainable, circular plastic economy initiatives worldwide

PART-I: 
A. Recycling Fundamentals
1.Types of Recycling 
2.Use of Recycled Content in Packaging
3.Challenges in Recycling
4.Regulations and Standards
B. Mechanical Recycling
1.Manufacturing of Flakes
2.Granulation Process
PART-II: Recycling- Customized for Specific Materials
1.The Recycling Technology
2.Single-pellet Solution
3.Granule Properties Characterization 
4.End Product Produced using Single Pellet Solution
5.Co-extruded Film Manufacturing using Single-Pellet Solution
6.End Applications: - Recycled PE
7.End applications: Recycled PP
B. Recycling of Hetero-Material Multi-Layer Plastics (MLP)
1.The Recycling Technology
2.Recycled MLP: Granule Properties Characterization
3.End- Applications
C. Recycling of Hetero-material Multi-layer Mix Packaging (aseptic packaging)
1.The Recycling Technology
2.Enzymatic Delamination Technology: Advantages
3.Enzymatic de-lamination Technology: Comparison with the Conventional Hydro-Pulping Process
4.Enzymatic de-lamination Technology: Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Recovered Materials
5.End Applications of Recovered Materials
D. Recycling of Post-consumer Rigid PET Bottles
1.The Recycling Technology 
2.Single-pellet Solution
3.Recycled PET: PET Flakes Properties Characterization
4.Recycled PET: PET Chips Properties Characterization
5.Recycled PET: End Product Produced using Single-pellet Solution
PART-III: A. End-of-Life (EoL) Pathways for Non-Recyclable Plastics Waste
1.Introduction 
2.End-of-life Pathways for Non-recyclable Plastics Waste
B. Design for Recyclability: Guidelines for Recyclable Polyolefin Flexible Packaging
1.Introduction 
2.Polymer Selection
C. Quality, Safety and Sustainability in Recycling
1.Testing and Quality Control in Recycled Materials
2.Traceability in Recycling 
3.Future Trends: Towards Intelligent Circularity in Recycling