A method of producing a chemical pulp from a textile material which comprises cellulose for manufacturing regenerated cellulosic molded bodies, wherein in the method the textile material is comminuted, at least a part of non-fiber-constituents of the comminuted textile material is separated from fiber-constituents of the comminuted textile material, at least a part of non-cellulosic fibers of the fiber-constituents is mechanically separated from cellulosic fibers of the fiber-constituents, at least a further part of the non-cellulosic fibers is chemically separated from the cellulosic fibers, and producing regenerated molded bodies from the chemical pulp based on the cellulosic fibers after mechanically separating and chemically separating.

The present disclosure relates to a method for preparing a wind turbine blade for recycling by sectioning the wind turbine into at least a first and a second wind turbine blade part comprising different types of materials or comprising the same type of materials in a different relative content.

Disclosed herein is a roof cover board and a method of manufacturing an improved cover board product. The method includes receiving waste materials or first use materials, the waste materials or first use materials containing a mixture of cellulose, plastic and other materials; separating the cellulose and the plastic from the mixture; shredding the separated cellulose using a first shredder into a stream of cellulose and shredding the separated plastic using a second shredder into a stream of plastic; selecting a cellulose to plastic ratio from a plurality of cellulose to plastic ratios; metering shredded cellulose from the stream of cellulose and shredded plastic from the stream of plastic according to the selected cellulose to plastic ratio; mixing the metered shredded cellulose and plastic; forming said mixture into a mat; and consolidating the mat into a finished good using heat and pressure.

A specially-equipped ship is configured for environmental cleanup to collect plastic waste floating in the ocean. A method of using the ship is described. The specially-equipped ship can retrieve floating plastic waste in the ocean, shred it, melt it, and cool it to form a solidified block that is usefully employed to form an artificial reef on the ocean floor to house aquatic biota. The ship is outfitted with a conveyor belt fixed to the ship; a furnace to make molten plastic; a davit to drop the solidified block into the ocean to form a reef on the ocean floor. Optionally the ship includes a mold to contain molten plastic; a shredder; a storage compartment to receive plastic particles from the shredder; a fish escape; a vertical wall; a boring machine; photovoltaic cells and/or windmills to produce electric energy.

The present disclosure provides methods and systems for manufacturing a composite component. User input indicative of component parameters for fabrication of the composite component are obtained, the component parameters including a prepreg offcut material parameter indicative of a prepreg offcut to be recycled. At least one staging parameter for a staging process of the prepreg offcut is determined based on the prepreg offcut material parameter. A compression moulding process map for the fabrication is determined based on the component parameters A manufacturing parameters for the fabrication is determined based on the compression moulding process map. At least one signal indicative of the staging parameters, the compression moulding process map, and the manufacturing parameters is issued.

A polyester film is provided. The polyester film includes 10 wt % to 100 wt % of a regenerated polyester resin. The regenerated polyester resin includes a physically regenerated polyester resin and a chemically regenerated polyester resin. Based on a total weight of the regenerated polyester resin being 100 wt %, an amount of the chemically regenerated polyester resin is larger than or equal to 5 wt %.

The invention relates to a continuous method for removing a solvent from a suspension or solution comprising a target polymer, wherein the method comprises the steps of delivering said suspension or solution to an extruder, wherein said extruder comprises a size classification unit that is designed to be permeable for the solvent and impermeable for the target polymer; and filtration and extrusion of said suspension or solution in said extruder. The invention also relates to a plastic waste recycling system for recycling a target polymer. Furthermore, the invention also relates to a polymer material obtained by this recycling method.

A method of manufacturing a part, includes: obtaining recycled fibers; mixing the recycled fibers with a thermoplastic to obtain a fiber-reinforced intermediate; and manufacturing the part with the fiber-reinforced intermediate. The recycled fibers may come from a grinding operation of recycled composite parts. A feedstock may be manufactured using recycled fibers. The feedstock may then be used in subsequent manufacturing.

System and methods for recycling a material comprising a polymer in an expanded state is disclosed. The system can include a shredder, a heating chamber operatively connected to the shredder, a condenser operatively connected to the heating chamber, a solvent tank operatively connected to the condenser, and a circulation unit operatively connected to the solvent tank and the heating chamber.

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: 15 to 99 wt.-% of conjugated dienes; 1 to 80 wt.-% of monomers selected from ethylenically unsaturated nitrile compounds; 0.05 to 10 wt.-% of ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acids and/or salts thereof; 0 to 50 wt.-% of vinyl aromatic monomers; and 0 to 65 wt.-% of alkyl esters of ethylenically unsaturated acids, the weight percentages being based on the total monomers in the mixture 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 said polymer latex to make an elastomeric film obtained from said polymer latex self-healing, repairable and/or recyclable.