Promoting Radiation Technology in Natural and Synthetic Polymers for the Development of New Products, with Emphasis on Waste Recovery (ARCAL CLXXIX)

Objective: To contribute to the reduction of the environmental impact of natural and synthetic polymer wastes using irradiation techniques. In Latin America and the Caribbean, regional project RLA1020, ‘Promoting Radiation Technology in Natural and Synthetic Polymers for the Development of New Products, with Emphasis on Waste Recovery (ARCAL CLXXIX)’, aims to demonstrate the feasibility of radiation technology in converting different polymeric wastes into value–added products. In November, laboratory staff from Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Panama, Peru and Venezuela participated in a regional training course in Brazil on scaling up the application of radiation technology from the laboratory scale to pilot and industrial scale plants, emphasizing on waste recovery (https://www.iaea.org/sites/default/files/gc/gc67-inf5.pdf). This project is related to IAEA’s flagship initiative 'NUTEC' according to the Joint Working Group's Integrated Action Plan. https://www.iaea.org/sites/default/files/22/08/integrated-action-plan-nutec-working-group.pdf