Systems and methods for recycling wet wipe, or wet plastic comprising, products are provided. The recycling process can include processing broken-down wet waste material into a molten polymer using a dewatering, degassing, and compacting extruder. The recycling process can also include dewatering, degassing, and compacting the broken-down wet waste material and the molten polymer being processed in the dewatering, degassing, and compacting extruder and removing gas and waste material residue from the dewatering, degassing, and compacting extruder and capturing large residue particles.

In a system and a method for reprocessing ultra-high molecular weight polymer film offcuts, the system comprises a feed device 202 and a comminution device 203. The feed device is configured to provide an ultra-high molecular weight polymer film offcut to the comminution device. The comminution device comprises at least one cutting screen, wherein the cutting screen comprises a plurality of screen openings and a plurality of cutting projections, wherein at least one cutting projection spans a cutting opening allocated to it, and wherein the comminution device is configured to generate relative motion between the cutting screen and the fed polymer film offcut in order to comminute the polymer film offcut.

The present invention relates to methods for reprocessing elastomeric films or articles comprising an elastomer film wherein the elastomeric film is made from a polymer latex comprising: (a) particles of a carboxylated conjugated diene nitrile latex polymer (a) obtainable by free-radical emulsion polymerization of a mixture of ethylenically unsaturated monomers comprising conjugated dienes; monomers selected from ethylenically unsaturated nitrile compounds; ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acids and/or salts thereof; optionally vinyl aromatic monomers; and optionally alkyl esters of ethylenically unsaturated acids, in combination or association with (b) particles of a latex polymer (b) comprising at least one oxirane-functional group; wherein the monomer composition of the latex polymer (a) is different from the monomer composition of the latex polymer (b) and to the use of the polymer latex to make an elastomeric film obtained from the polymer latex self-healing, repairable and/or recyclable.

The present invention relates to methods for reprocessing elastomeric films or articles comprising an elastomer film wherein the elastomeric film is made from a polymer latex comprising: (a) particles of a carboxylated conjugated diene nitrile latex polymer (a) obtainable by free-radical emulsion polymerization of a mixture of ethylenically unsaturated monomers comprising conjugated dienes; monomers selected from ethylenically unsaturated nitrile compounds; ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acids and/or salts thereof; optionally vinyl aromatic monomers; and optionally alkyl esters of ethylenically unsaturated acids, in combination or association with (b) particles of a latex polymer (b) comprising at least one oxirane-functional group; wherein the monomer composition of the latex polymer (a) is different from the monomer composition of the latex polymer (b) and to the use of the polymer latex to make an elastomeric film obtained from the polymer latex self-healing, repairable and/or recyclable.

Methods and systems for producing an agglomerated recycled plastic for use in asphalt products is provided. The method of various embodiments can comprise loading a quantity of recycled plastic into a chamber with a cutting apparatus configured to produce agglomerated plastic particles, running the cutting apparatus for a first interval to produce an intermediate agglomerate, maintaining a chamber air temperature during the first interval, adding a first amount of water to the chamber after the first interval, running the cutting apparatus for a second interval with the intermediate agglomerate to produce a plurality of agglomerated plastic particles adapted for use in asphalt production, and discharging the plurality of agglomerated plastic particles from the chamber after the second interval.

The present invention provides particular a novel composition for manufacturing plastic composites and a process thereof. Said invention provides a composition and a process utilizes any or all kind of plastic waste in manufacturing composites and thereby is economical and environment friendly. It utilizes any or all kind of plastic wastes includes road waste, soft & hard form of plastic waste. Moreover, it eliminates the use of cement and utilizes plastic wastes in manufacturing composites; therefore is environment friendly. Said present compositions utilizes plastic waste in manufacturing light weight composites that are highly stable with increased strength, shelf life and durability. Said composition is fire resistant with increased strength withstanding heavy load.

The invention relates to a method for decontaminating recycled plastic materials, which comprises the steps of selecting, grinding, washing, rinsing, drying and decontaminating, wherein decontaminating is carried out by means of the steps of extracting and rinsing, and extracting is carried out using a water-soluble solvent having a boiling point greater than 180 C. at atmospheric pressure.

A recycling ship configured to sail to an offshore site for recycling a composite material rich structure at the site. The composite material rich structure can include a wind turbine blade, a boat or a ship comprising fiber reinforced composite material. The recycling ship comprises a first processing unit having a cutter configured to receive the composite material rich structure and to section it into composite parts, and a second processing unit having a crusher and/or grinder configured to reduce the size of the composite parts into composite material granulates.

A method of forming a mesh from thermoplastic material includes the steps of: providing an apparatus comprising a shredder and a binding station, urging thermoplastic material through the shredder to from strips of shredded material, and then transferring the shredded thermoplastic material through the binding station to form a more integral mesh formation from the shredded thermoplastic material. Such mesh material can be used for a variety of applications such as cushioning or the like.

Disclosed is a device for processing plastic materials, having a shredding unit, a conveying unit having a screw (7), and an extruder, having at least one extruder screw (11), adjoining the screw, wherein the central longitudinal axis (3) of the screw (7) is oriented at an angle to the central longitudinal axis (10) of the extruder screw (11), in particular at an angle of 80 to 100, preferably 90, and the longitudinal axis (3) of the screw (7) is offset with respect to the longitudinal axis (10) of the extruder screw (11) by an offset (v) in the direction of the direction of rotation (12) of the extruder screw (11) at or in the region of the discharge opening (8) or the intake opening (16) of the conveying unit.