February 27, 2020 - E-Scrap News
February 27, 2020 - E-Scrap News
APR in the News
Workshop explores status of a possible e-plastics market
Last year, e-scrap processor RecycleForce announced it would send e-plastics to Brightmark Energy for conversion into fuel, oil and wax products. Brightmark was one of several companies that participated in a recent workshop about technologies broadly known as “chemical recycling.”
As opposed to mechanical recycling, which typically involves shredding, cleaning, melting and extruding plastics, chemical recycling involves a number of additional processes employing solvents, heat and/or pressure. The technologies can remove colorants and other contaminants from polymers or convert them into other chemical products.
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