Continuous thermal processing of used or damaged tires carried out by thermal decomposition in a closed vertically oriented reaction space in the presence of a controlled flow of air blowing into it from below, by the action of flue gases passing from the tires ignited at the bottom of the reaction space upwards, along the tires stacked and continuously replenished in the reaction space to form their thermal decomposition products, discharged from the reaction space to be further processed.

An advanced manufacturing plant and process to efficiently deconstruct and recycle post-consumer carpet primarily in an aqueous environment. The water-based technology substantially eliminates airborne particulate emissions into the workplace and the environment. It also significantly increases the quality and quantity of the resources recovered from the carpet. In addition to recycling residential carpet, it also reclaims and recycles material from commercial broadloom carpet.

Disclosed is a system for pelletizing Solid Refuse Fuel (SRF). The system includes: a first crusher that primarily crushes plastic waste; a vibration sieve plate-conveyer that transports plastic waste that is primarily crushed by the first crusher; a second crusher that secondarily crushes the primarily crushed plastic waste sieved by the vibration sieve plate-conveyer; a first rotational shaft equipped with a first screw that fuses and transports the plastic waste which is secondarily crushed by the second crusher; a filter unit that is combined with the first rotational shaft and which removes impurities by filtering the secondarily crushed plastic waste that is fused and transported by the first screw; a second rotational shaft equipped with a second screw that transports impurity-free plastic waste filtered by the filter unit; and a molding machine that molds the plastic waste transported by the second screw.

A process for the extraction of one or more colour pigments from waste plastic in which a waste plastic feedstock is mixed with a solvent in a reactor having a shearing mechanism and the solvent is separated out and recycled in the process. The shearing mechanism provides high shear, high contact mixing so as to move the pigment to the surface of the plastic for contact with the solvent to give efficient colour pigment removal. Embodiments of reactors with shearing mechanisms are described. Environmentally friendly solvents are also described. The process gives highly sought after natural recyclate at a commercial scale.

A sports shoe includes an upper wherein a majority by weight of the upper is made from a thermoplastic base material and a sole wherein a majority by weight of the sole is made from the same thermoplastic base material. The sole and the upper are individually fabricated and joined to each other. The thermoplastic base material includes at least one of the following materials: thermoplastic polyurethane TPU, polyamide PA, polyethylene terephthalate PET, or polybutylene terephthalate PBT.

A method for manufacturing a board element, such as a floor element, including an at least partially recycled board layer. The method includes providing a pre-processed material from at least one weight-reduced preformed board element, preferably being obtained by removal of material from a rear side thereof, wherein the pre-processed material includes a thermoplastic material, and providing a virgin material including a thermoplastic material. The method further includes applying heat and pressure to the pre-processed material and the virgin material in a double-belt press to form the board layer, and forming a board element comprising the board layer. Also, a corresponding assembly for manufacturing of a board element.

A method for manufacturing a board element, such as a floor element, including an at least partially recycled board layer. The method includes providing a pre-processed material from at least one weight-reduced preformed board element, preferably being obtained by removal of material from a rear side thereof, wherein the pre-processed material includes a thermoplastic material, and providing a virgin material including a thermoplastic material. The method further includes applying heat and pressure to the pre-processed material and the virgin material in a double-belt press to form the board layer, and forming a board element including the board layer. Also, a corresponding assembly for manufacturing of a board element.

A dual container, including a container body and a mouth portion attachment. The container body includes an inner bag and an outer shell that is disposed to cover the inner bag, and the inner bag is configured to be extractable from the container body, and the mouth portion attachment is attached to a mouth portion of the inner bag and is configured to be removable from the mouth portion.

Full-loop, method, process and system for the manufacture, utilization, and reclamation of single-use plastic cups including a cup and a compostable coupling that inhabits the recess of the subjacent frustoconical recess of the cup and is comprised of hydrophilic, biodegradable composites that absorb condensation. The invention provides for customer convenience while enhancing recycling initiatives. Comprising a full-loop system that originates at inception with purposeful design and compostable composites the invention functions through behavioral prompting visual animating indicia during utilization. The invention revolves within compostable composites and their respective data and motif characterizations that are digitally visible on hydraulically crushed cups which instruct reclamation robotics to programmatically recognize, target and sort single-use plastic cups, collectively enabling a systemic pathway of manufacture, utilization, and reclamation of the cup and coupling for the purpose of expanding the infrastructure of recycling and accordingly preserve the life-sustaining elements of air, water, and soil.

The invention relates to a system for the regeneration and/or advanced recycling of packagings of the type comprising an elongated neck like a bottle and a cap anchored to the neck of the packaging by means of a sealing ring held in place and made efficient by a pair of longitudinally spaced annular projections. The system comprises a conveying unit for the packages to be treated towards a separation unit for separating the cap from the packaging and a collecting unit for the caps separated from the packaging. The separation unit for the cap comprises at least one blade, preferably two opposing blades, for cutting the sealing ring, said blade(s) being configured to cut the sealing ring at a predefined position of the neck of the packaging, said predefined position being identified by oriented guide notches provided on the packagings to be treated on at least one of the two annular projections and generally both.

The invention also relates to a packaging and a deposit/collection unit particularly suitable for use in the aforesaid system.