That is to say, the plastic recycling infrastructure is not sustainable
with its present cost structures. Any handling approach that either
increases present sort costs or decreases present end market value would be
the death knell for the industry.
Peter
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Peter Anderson
RecycleWorlds Consulting
4513 Vernon Blvd. Ste. 15
Madison, WI 53705-4964
Phone:(608) 231-1100/Fax: (608) 233-0011
E-mail:recycle@msn.fullfeed.com
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Today's Topics:
[GRRN] No-hands Plastic Sorting
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Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 06:15:12 EDT
From: Jango@aol.com
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Subject: [GRRN] No-hands Plastic Sorting
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Chemical Engineering: No-hands Recycling
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 16, 1999--What is thought to be the
world's first fully automated plant for sorting plastic recyclables is
being
built in Hannover, Germany, Chemical Engineering reports. Expected to be up
and running next May, the 25,000 m.t./yr plant will have no manual sorting
steps -- cutting sorting costs in half. Contaminants, such as paper and
metals, are removed through different cleaning mechanisms using air blowers
and magnets. The process was developed jointly by HTP-Ingenieurgesellschaft
fur Aufbereitungstechnik and the Institute for Preparation Technology of
RWTH
(Aachen, Germany).
Thought some of you would be interested.
David Biddle
Philadelphia, PA
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