Recycling Pvc Vinyl
Our recycling process includes grinding sorting and bailing.
Recycling pvc vinyl. The vinyl recycling exchange has been matching buyers and sellers online since 1995. Other than the poison plastic this type goes by several names including polyvinyl chloride pvc vinyl plastic 3. The vinyl council commissioned a national pvc waste audit conducted by nolan itu in 2005 to understand and gather data on the amount of pvc waste entering the waste stream in australia annually. A major problem in the recycling of pvc is the high chlorine content in raw pvc around 56 percent of the polymer s weight and the high levels of hazardous additives added to the polymer to achieve the desired material quality.
In fact a study conducted in 1989 by the university of toledo found that recycling vinyl could lead to 100 potential applications if not more that have been discovered over the past two decades. Vinyl recycling category the vinyl recycling category of recycler s world spans the spectum of flexible and ridgid polyvinyl chloride pvc ethylene vinyl acetate eva polyvinyl butyl pvb and includes several grades of scrap regrind and repro vinyl plastics. Polyvinyl chloride or pvc is the plastic commonly known as vinyl which can be found in everyday items from bottles to house siding. Use the map to find a recycling company near you.
The plastic known as vinyl polyvinyl chloride or pvc is the least postconsumer recycled plastic per usage amount in the united states. Once recycled and ready for reuse adams plastics sells materials both domestically and internationally. Pvc disposal and recycling. Pvc plastic is the third most common type used in the us and the uk bottle market with a 0 8 market share behind pet plastic and polypropylene.
Vinyl pvc recycling has increased significantly since 2004 and we d like that to increase. The environmental protection agency. Learn more about what s being done to recycle vinyl pvc in the u s. Our pvc recycling company handles many types of plastic but some of the most popular include.
Pvc content is identified on. As a result pvc requires separation from other plastics before mechanical recycling.