Plastic Recycling
Plastics make up the majority of waste. The reason why it is hostile to the environment is that it degrades, i.e. decomposes, very slowly: a plastic bottle decomposes in 450 years, a rope in 3-14 months, a paper in 4-6 weeks. With recycling, plastic waste is compacted without prior sorting and cleaning to reduce its volume. They are then heated and continuously fermented at a temperature of around 200oC. The result of this process is the production of a fluid, uniform material that can be suitably moulded by pressure moulding. The resulting material is of second quality, which can, however, be improved if a quantity of pure plastic is injected into it.
We process plastics such as:
- PET or PETE
- HDPE
- PVC
- LDPE
- PP and PS
- All other materials do not belong to any of the above categories