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Applications Covered by Recovinyl
What Can and What Cannot
Post-consumer PVC includes PVC materials used in all applications and sectors once they become perceived as scrap. It is true for all materials except for streams already covered by different legal regulations such as packaging, automotive (ELV) and electronic appliances (WEEE).
Other PVC Applications
PVC has numerous applications that are not covered by the programme of Recovinyl. It is used, for example, to produce car seat coverings, packaging and many other products. These products are either subject to specific recycling schemes or their volume is not significant enough to execute dedicated collection efforts under current circumstances.
Recycling
Because of its structure and composition, PVC can be easily, mechanically recycled in order to obtain good quality recycling material. Careful and proper sorting is of crucial importance for the optimal recycling of PVC materials. After an initial visual check, the collected PVC materials are shredded into pieces of ±10-15 cm. The metals and non-ferrous metals are mechanically eliminated afterwards.
Post-consumer PVC materials are classified into two principal groups
- Rigid PVC materials
- Flexible PVC materials
Application of recycled PVC materials:
- Rigid PVC recycled material is mainly used as an inner reinforcement layer in pipes and profiles production, garden furniture or rigid films manufacture.
- Flexible PVC waste is recycled into powder and it is used as filler in the production of floor coverings of various kinds. Other seen applications are: traffic cones, fences, flexible hoses and tubes, footwear, bags, clothing etc.
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