A method for the elimination of odours in recycled plastic materials comprising the following steps: a) separating the recycled plastic material (P-VOCs) by means of identification in a plant for separation by identification; b) shredding the plastic in a shredder and reducing the size of the plastic particles; c) chemically washing the shredded plastic with surfactant in a washing tank; d) rinsing the plastic material to eliminate dirt and the chemicals used in chemical washing in a rinsing tank; e) drying the rinsed material in a mechanical dryer; f) deodorising the dry plastic material wherein: - the plastic material is introduced through the upper part of a distillation column; - steam inlet, coming from a boiler, through the bottom lateral part of the distillation column; - the plastic material falls by the effect of gravity along the distillation column, the plastic material comes into contact with the steam and the organic components are removed from the plastic material by means of distillation; - there is an outlet for organic product, which comprises water steam and organic components VOCs, through the upper lateral part of the distillation column; and - the VOC-free plastic exits through the bottom part of the distillation column wherein while deodorising, the organic product that exits through the upper part of the column is channeled to a droplet separator, and wherein in the droplet separator there is a separation of the product into a steam fraction and a liquid fraction, and wherein the liquid fraction feeds an isothermal tank wherein the liquid fraction is separated by decanting into an aqueous phase and an organic phase comprising organic compounds and dissolved water. a) separating the recycled plastic material (P-VOCs) by means of identification in a plant for separation by identification; b) shredding the plastic in a shredder and reducing the size of the plastic particles; c) chemically washing the shredded plastic with surfactant in a washing tank; d) rinsing the plastic material to eliminate dirt and the chemicals used in chemical washing in a rinsing tank; e) drying the rinsed material in a mechanical dryer; f) deodorising the dry plastic material wherein: - the plastic material is introduced through the upper part of a distillation column; - steam inlet, coming from a boiler, through the bottom lateral part of the distillation column; - the plastic material falls by the effect of gravity along the distillation column, the plastic material comes into contact with the steam and the organic components are removed from the plastic material by means of distillation; - there is an outlet for organic product, which comprises water steam and organic components VOCs, through the upper lateral part of the distillation column; and - the VOC-free plastic exits through the bottom part of the distillation column - the plastic material is introduced through the upper part of a distillation column; - steam inlet, coming from a boiler, through the bottom lateral part of the distillation column; - the plastic material falls by the effect of gravity along the distillation column, the plastic material comes into contact with the steam and the organic components are removed from the plastic material by means of distillation; - there is an outlet for organic product, which comprises water steam and organic components VOCs, through the upper lateral part of the distillation column; and - the VOC-free plastic exits through the bottom part of the distillation column wherein while deodorising, the organic product that exits through the upper part of the column is channeled to a droplet separator, and wherein in the droplet separator there is a separation of the product into a steam fraction and a liquid fraction, and wherein the liquid fraction feeds an isothermal tank wherein the liquid fraction is separated by decanting into an aqueous phase and an organic phase comprising organic compounds and dissolved water.