Material separator assemblies are provided which can include: a conduit system configured to be arranged in relation to body forces; the system can include at least one linear section, which can include a length of opposing sidewalls defining a volume configured to receive a flow of mixed materials entering along a proximate end of the length, proceeding along the length, and exiting along a distal end of the length; and an exposed body force slide surface extending in the direction of the flow of materials along the linear section.

Methods for separating components of a mixture can include providing a mixture of components to a conduit having an exposed body force slide surface within a linear section of the conduit.

Various processes and configuration are provided for a chemical recycling facility that can lower the carbon footprint and global warming potential of the facility. More particularly, we have discovered numerous ways for reducing the carbon footprint of the facility by: (i) recycling at least a portion of the residual heat energy from the pyrolysis effluent back upstream to the pyrolysis process and waste plastic liquification stage; (ii) recovering at least a portion of the carbon dioxide from at least a portion of the pyrolysis flue gas and/or the pyrolysis gas; (iii) feeding at least a portion of the pyrolysis gas at a cracker facility at a position downstream of a cracker furnace; (iv) using at least a portion of a demethanizer overhead stream as a fuel in a pyrolysis facility and/or a cracking facility; and (v) providing a chemical recycling facility that contains a pyrolysis facility co-located with a cracking facility. Thus, the global warming potential of the chemical recycling facility may be optimized and lowered due to the processes and configurations described herein.

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.

Methods and systems for separating mixed plastic waste are provided herein. The methods generally comprise separating the mixed plastic waste into a PET-enriched stream and one or more PET-depleted streams. The separating may be accomplished using the combinations of two or more density separation stages. Exemplary density separation stages include sink-float separators and centrifugal force separators. The PET-enriched and PET-depleted streams may be recovered and/or directed to downstream chemical recycling processes.

The present invention relates to a process for the treatment of technical textiles based on thermoplastic fibers and comprising a coating, such as, in particular, airbags, using the principle of centrifugal decanting to separate the fiber residues and the coating material. The invention also relates to a process for the manufacture of a thermoplastic composition, in particular for molding, obtained by use of the fiber residues as obtained and optionally of reinforcing fillers. The distinguishing feature of this invention is based on the preparation of the fabric devoid of coating, thus resulting in formulations with elevated mechanical performances.

A method for regenerating asphalt and/or bitumen containing debris, which allows to recycle more bulk material and optionally binding agents.

The present disclosure concerns recycling of municipal by a process for preparing composite aggregates and feedstocks for injection molding from the municipal waste. The process involves blending a first source material derived from solid municipal waste and comprising more than 50 wt % of polymeric material, together with a second source material that comprises one or more thermoplastic polymers, to obtain a mixture comprising a total polymeric content of at least about 60 wt %, and mixing the mixture in a vessel under conditions permitting self-heating of the mixture to a temperature below the melting temperature of said thermoplastic polymers to obtain composite aggregates in which said thermoplastic polymers bind the particles of the first source material.

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 method of sorting waste material is disclosed herein, the method comprising separating materials in the waste material according to specific gravity, by contacting the waste material with a liquid selected such that a portion of the waste material sinks, to thereby obtain a sorted material containing at least 90 weight percents of material having a specific gravity within a pre-selected range. Further disclosed herein is a method of processing waste material by separating materials in the waste material according to specific gravity as described herein to remove at least a portion of inorganic materials in the waste material, and subjecting a feedstock comprising the obtained sorted material to mixing via shear forces and to heating. Further disclose herein are a polymeric material obtainable by the method of processing waste material, articles-of-manufacturing comprising same, and systems for sorting and processing waste material.

A process for separating a mixture of materials using a segregation media within a vessel having a central baffle structure which shuggles the mixture by oscillating the baffle structure at a frequency and amplitude. The mixture of materials may have overlapping densities with the segregation media having a density within the overlapping region. Polymers PE and PP may be separated in flake form. For a mixture of materials of differing densities, water may be the segregation media. Shuggling is combined with controlling the flow of water through the vessel at a set velocity. Embodiments are described for separating plastics and mineral ore.