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.

The process disclosed herein is method of recovering aluminum from multilayered packaging. The process comprises subjecting multilayered packaging to a reactor with aqueous formic acid, wherein the solution is sonicated using sonic horns. This process allows the recovery of aluminum in its pure metal form. PP/PE components of the multilayered packaging are recovered utilizing density separation, while ink and PET components require further treatment in a toluene reactor which may include sonication.

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.

One embodiment provides a modular green roof tray, house plant growth media and horticulture growth media, and a tree protection mat for weed and moisture control made from recycled disposable diapers. The growth medium and tree protection mat contain superabsorbent materials from diaper that can absorb waters and greatly reduce irrigation so to provide a drought resistant feature. One embodiment also provides a manufacturing process to perform 100% recycling of disposed diapers.

A materials-separation process includes a sorting operation in which plastics materials including at least first and second plastics materials are sorted from paper and metal materials so that the first plastics material may be separated from the second plastics material.

A polymeric aerosol dispenser that is recyclable. The recyclable polymeric aerosol dispenser including all polymeric components. These components being selectively either fixedly joined or separably joined based on the material composition of the component. Further, components may be selected for their density and, thus, their ability to float or sink during the recycling process. The recyclable polymeric aerosol dispenser is designed to minimize its impact on the PET recycling stream and to align with industry recyclability guidelines.

A polymeric aerosol dispenser that is recyclable. The recyclable polymeric aerosol dispenser including all polymeric components. These components being selectively either fixedly joined or separably joined based on the material composition of the component. Further, components may be selected for their density and, thus, their ability to float or sink during the recycling process. The recyclable polymeric aerosol dispenser is designed to minimize its impact on the PET recycling stream and to align with industry recyclability guidelines.

Embodiments relate to a process for regenerating a polyester container and a polyester film to be used therein, which not only solve the environmental problems by improving the recyclability of polyester containers, but also are capable of enhancing the quality, yield, and productivity. The process for regenerating a polyester container comprises providing the polyester container and a heat-shrunken polyester film that wraps at least part of the polyester container; crushing the polyester container and the heat-shrunken film to obtain flakes; and thermally treating the flakes to produce regenerated polyester chips, wherein when the flakes are thermally treated at a temperature of 200° C. to 220° C. for 60 minutes to 120 minutes, the clumping fraction is 9% or less, the flakes comprise first flakes obtained by crushing the container and second flakes obtained by crushing the heat-shrunken polyester film, the heat-shrunken polyester film comprises a copolymerized polyester resin comprising a diol component and a dicarboxylic acid component, and the amount of change in Col-a (Δa) before and after the heat-shrunken polyester film is dried at 210° C. for 90 minutes is 1.50 or less, or the amount of change in Col-b (Δb) before and after the film is dried at 210° C. for 90 minutes is 1.50 or less.

The present invention relates to a process for treating an object comprising a first material and a second material bound to the first material by centrifugal force. A process for treating an object comprising a first material which is a thermoplastic polymer and a second material selected from the group consisting of silicones, polyurethanes, fluorinated polymers, rubbers and polyvinylchloride bound to the first material, wherein the density of the first material is different from the density of the second material, said process comprising the following steps: (i) physically treating the object to obtain micronized particles, (ii) suspending the micronized particles in an acidic or alkaline solution to at least partially separate the first material from the second material, (iii) recovering the solids from the suspension obtained in step (ii) and suspending the recovered solids in a liquid composed of water and dissolved salt and having a density which is between the density of the first material and the density of the second material, and (iv) separating the first material from the second material by applying a centrifugal force to the suspension obtained in step (iii).

A dynamic process for upcycling polymers. Polymers from a diverse post-consumer waste stream are gathered in a mixture. The mixture is extruded and combined with a liquid additive containing a particular PE wax at the verge of polymerization. The liquid additive is repolymerized into LDPE to form pellets. The pellets are delivered into a reactor and submerged in a suitable solvent to dissolve the LDPE. Causing a gradual and orderly separation of the remaining polymers from one another, resulting in a layered substrate. The suitable solvent, enzymes or depolymerizing compatible chemical is delivered into the reactor through independent pipes attached to tanks containing the suitable depolymerizing agent. The process repeats depolymerizing the layered substrate layer by layer with additional suitable solvents/enzymes or depolymerizing agents for each of the polymers resulting in the dissolving of the remaining polymers in an orderly manner producing a layered wax-like material for upcycling.