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How do you add value by recycling plastics? Where in the process is most value added to the product? And who appreciates the real value of the material? The act of ‘RECYCLING’ is a complex process which starts with the disposal of waste items and ends with the re-use of a value-added material to deliver a set of customer benefits...
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Recycling environments can mean several things to different organisations; If we first consider a production line where articles are being extruded or injection moulded there will always be a certain amount of waste material. If the original material used is a virgin grade of known quality, the assumption is that this waste will be the same and can be used with little or no risk in the same process or bagged off and sold on as a known polymer...
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We use plastic every day of our lives, at work and at home, and much of it has a very short life cycle. The question of what we do with end of life plastic is of growing importance due to environmental concerns and in some parts the developed world, the escalating costs of disposal (often the result of deliberate government policy). So, given these commercial and other pressures why is all plastic not recycled?
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Established in 1997, Exeter Advanced Technologies (X-AT) is a team of industry focused multi skilled technical researchers based within the College of Engineering Mathematics and Physical Sciences at the University of Exeter. As a self funding organisation, X-AT specialises in applying its expertise to industrially focused grant funded research projects and commercial consultancy services. Its core expertise is in materials selection and characterisation and across its 19 current research projects, in which knowledge is applied to enhance the sustainability of materials and manufacture...
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Just a few years ago, no car manufacturer in their right mind would own up to building their vehicles out of ‘scrap’. Today, even a brand as prestigious as BMW shouts it out with pride. It was just the same in our industry and, little over a decade ago, we at VEKA were not alone in distancing ourselves from the ‘R’ Word – in the days when the ‘R’ Word was not ‘Recycling’ but ‘Regrind.’...
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The first ever commercial installation of PVC-U windows manufactured from 98 per cent recycled content was completed by the Epwin Group, a UK based extruder and window fabricator, last year marking the beginning of a new era in PVC-U building product sustainability. The PVC-U window industry continues to encourage recycling and the public acceptance of recycled products. Having promoted and pushed PVC-U sustainability, launching a wide range of recycled component products, it has taken a significant stride forward, manufacturing and completing a commercial window installation using profile made from virtually 100 per cent recycled material...
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