In the spirit of a genuine circular economy, we are particularly concerned with the targeted delamination of coatings and the separation of liquid residual streams from the paint industry. These are extremely relevant topics for the coatings industry for both economic and regulatory reasons. Here we develop procedures and process technologies with which coatings can be completely removed from the substrate after their service life. We also develop process engineering systems to re-separate water-based paints into their basic components.
Concept of the recycling of waterborne coatings and its application in practice.