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Technologies for granules resulting from tyre recycling

15.04.2004 - A Greek SME active in recycling of cables and telecommunications materials as well as tyres and wood is seeking for technologies in colouring of recycled tyre granules and appropriate glue for solidification of granule mixture for rubber tile making. The partner might be an industry or a laboratory...

EuPC: Stricter controls on plastics waste exports demanded

29.03.2004 - Leading European Plastics Packaging Manufacturers have voiced their concerns on the growing export of plastics waste for recycling outside of Europe. Speaking following the official publication of the revised Packaging and Packaging waste Directive (94/62/EC), EuPC (www. eupc.org) Managing Director,...

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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