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Method for recycling polyethylene terephthalate (PET) waste into thermal-insulating materials for the building industry

22.03.2004 - A Polish research team has invented a new, simple, low energy-consuming and cheap way of PET recycling into thermal-insulating materials for the building industry, that could be produced as blocks, slabs, prefabricated units or 'sandwich' thermal-insulating materials, which are water and steam permeable....

Recovinyl: New General Manager appointed

01.03.2004 - The Board of Directors of Recovinyl SA (www.recovinyl.com) has appointed Mr Eric Criel as General Manager of the company. Eric Criel started his career in a production environment and then oriented towards sales : first from suppliers, then though distribution and later waste management related services....

Advanced and cost-effective separation of shredded plastic mixtures

14.01.2004 - A small Dutch university spin-off company developed a unit to separate recycled plastics by jigging. Jigging is a low-cost wet gravity separation technique, which has been used for ore concentration for centuries. This technology is now adapted and upgraded for the separation of plastic/plastic and...

Recycling technology for non-vulcanized rubber waste, containing reinforcing fabric

01.12.2003 - Hungarian SME offers patented technology and equipment for non-vulcanized rubber waste containing reinforcing fabric, e.g. rubber pipes, hoses used in automotive industry (cooling, heating, oil hoses). The technology solves the mechanic separation of non-vulcanized rubber from reinforcing filler, so...

URGENT - Low-cost and environmentally friendly system for recycling polystyrene boxes from the fish industry

21.11.2003 - A French company specialized in transformation, conditioning and marketing of salmon, uses a lot of polystyrene boxes to transport the fish. Currently, the company sends theses boxes to a waste treatment company that buries them. The French company is looking for a more environmentally-friendly system...

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