The present invention provides a resin film material produced from a resin material that includes a laminate that includes a resin layer with an evaporated metal layer, the resin film material containing a metal in the evaporated metal layer in the form of particles, wherein the metal particles are dispersed in the resin film material, and the number of metal particles with an area-equivalent diameter of 200 m or more present per cm.sup.2 of the resin film material is 1 or less. It is preferable that the resin film material is produced from a resin material that is made of a laminate group that includes the laminate that includes a resin layer with an evaporated metal layer and a laminate that includes a metal layer-free resin layer.

A method for causing used tires to recycle themselves involves chopping used tires to create a feedstock, placing the feedstock within a recycling vessel able to withstand heat and pressure, introducing a caustic agent which will isolate and neutralize or precipitate hazardous substances such as carcinogens and heavy metals, introducing a non-aliphatic hydrocarbon supercritical reactant, raising the interior of the recycling vessel to a desired temperature and pressure to cause the supercritical reactant to enter a supercritical state and effuse into the feedstock where it chemically reacts with the used tire feedstock to release hydrocarbons and other materials from the used tire feedstock, and precipitously dropping pressure within the recycling vessel so that the supercritical reactant exits the used tire feedstock so quickly that it mechanically breaks the used tire feedstock material apart. Temperature within the recycling vessel can be increased by inductively heating the used tire feedstock. Hydrocarbon vapors and liquids which exit the used tire feedstock can be used to fuel a generator which provides electricity to heating by electrical induction. The hydrocarbon vapors and liquids can also be combusted to heat the recycling vessel or to preheat and dewater the used tire feedstock. Other than heavy metal contaminants and carcinogens, the used tire material can be re-used in new products.

Techniques for managing production and reuse of a recyclable material are disclosed. Combination of markers introduced into one or more ingredient material components of recyclable materials are used to indicate one or more properties of at least one of the ingredient material components e.g., a type of material used, percentage of the material type in the recyclable material, and suchlike. A signal obtained from a product comprising the recyclable material can be processed to detect presence or absence of the combination of markers therein. Based on the detection of the combination of markers, information indicative of the one or more properties of the at least one ingredient material component is determined, and based on the information it is decided either about a suitable recycling process for reusing the at least one ingredient material component, or a suitable disposal process for disposing the product.

A system for manufacturing bulked continuous carpet filament that is adapted for providing a polymer melt and dividing the polymer melt into a plurality of streams (e.g., at least six or eight streams) to increase a surface area of the polymer melt. The plurality of streams is then exposed to a pressure that is below approximately 5 millibars. The streams are then recombined into a single polymer stream and formed into bulked continuous carpet filament. In various embodiments, an extruder, such as a multi-screw extruder, is used to divide the polymer melt into the plurality of streams.

A method of manufacturing bulked continuous carpet filament that includes providing a polymer melt and separating the polymer melt from the extruder into at least eight streams. The multiple streams are exposed to a chamber pressure within a chamber that is below approximately 25 millibars, or another predetermined pressure. The streams are recombined into a single polymer stream. Polymer from the polymer stream is then formed into bulked continuous carpet filament.

A method produces a shaped body from plastic waste and thermoplastic material including natural fiber components or thermoplastic material and natural fibers. Plastic waste and thermoplastic plastic including natural fiber components or thermoplastic plastic and natural fibers are introduced into a mixing device. The introduced materials are subsequently mixed in such a way that the materials are comminuted and at least partially melted, so that a substantially moldable base material is available after mixing. This at least partially melted base material is transferred into a mold for shaping the shaped body.

Methods of reclaiming resources from finished golf balls and incorporating the reclaimed resources into a manufacturing process for making golf balls or components of golf balls.

The present patent refers to a process for the recycling and recovery of waste, particularly that of plastified and aluminized packaging, cartoned or not, by means of a method and equipment for extracting and separating the main components present in them for the recovery of waste, avoiding environmental pollution, recycling of waste constituents, and recovery of constituents: Plastic, aluminum and paper in their original form, with the steps A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, L, M, O, P, Q e R, bringing advantages of obtaining reusable grade polymer; obtaining isolated aluminum; to make use of a low cost and low energy consuming solvent; to allow the pulp cellulose to be recycled in the production of paperboard for boxes, to be incorporated as part of a mechanical pulp load or even to be incorporated to the bleaching process; to have lower processing and investment costs and to have a lower cost/benefit ratio.

A method of manufacturing bulked continuous carpet filament that includes providing a polymer melt and separating the polymer melt from the extruder into at least eight streams. The multiple streams are exposed to a chamber pressure within a chamber that is below approximately 5 millibars. The streams are recombined into a single polymer stream and formed into bulked continuous carpet filament.

A method of separating plastic material from battery materials can include: a) receiving battery materials in an immersion comminuting apparatus; b) by carrying out at least a first size reduction of the battery materials under immersion to create a primary-reduced metal material, primary-reduced plastic material and liberating a first amount of a black mass material; c) extracting at least a primary plastics slurry from the primary comminuting apparatus, wherein the primary plastics slurry comprises a mixture of the primary-reduced plastic material, a portion of the primary-reduced metal material and a portion of the black mass material liberated by the immersion comminuting apparatus; and d) carrying out a further, second size reduction of the plastic slurry using a non-immersion comminuting apparatus that is downstream from the immersion comminuting apparatus.