Posts Tagged ‘industrial recycling’
Danish Project Utilizes Pyrolysis to Reclaim Plastic Waste
Here at Seraphim Plastics, we rely on a mechanical recycling process to turn scrap industrial plastic into reusable regrind. Although our process is both simple and effective, we are not able to recycle every type of plastic. There is always some plastic that goes to waste. That may eventually change thanks to a Danish research…
Read MoreThe Industrial Plastic Recycling Forecast For 2024
We are closing in on the end of another successful year of commercial and industrial plastic recycling here at Seraphim Plastics. As we look forward to 2024, we know our industry will face challenges. But as we do with each new year, we will face those challenges head-on in ways that allow us to keep…
Read More3 Less Obvious Reasons Plastic Recycling Makes Sense
Plastic recycling has been a hot topic for as long as most of us can remember. In terms of post-industrial plastic, industrial recycling has proven to be a profitable enterprise for both Seraphim Plastics and our competitors. At the same time, we fully understand that some producers of post-industrial scrap plastic do not see the…
Read MoreIs Re-Looping Better than Plastic Recycling?
Consumer recycling was just coming into its own in the 1970s. By the time the 1990s rolled around, reusing had joined recycling as a way to save the planet by keeping trash out of landfills. It was eventually joined by the third ‘R’: repurposing. Do we now have a fourth in re-looping? If you are…
Read MoreFinland’s VTT Looks to Revolutionize Chemical Plastic Recycling
The limited number of processes used to recycle plastic are broken down into two categories: mechanical and chemical. What we do at Seraphim Plastics is considered mechanical recycling. Chemical recycling is much more difficult and financially risky. But now, a Finnish enterprise known as the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has plans to turn…
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