Within the framework of Vinyl 2010, a voluntary commitment to improve the environmental record of PVC and its manufacturing processes, the European PVC industry launched in 2002 the new Vinyloop® recycling technology.
Further to very good results of this commitment, investment in research into new recycling technologies has led to exciting breakthroughs for the sector. These include the development of Vinyloop® - a mechanical, solvent-based, recycling technology that produces high quality R-PVC (recycled PVC) compounds.
The purpose of Vinyloop® is, among others, to recycle PVC composite wastes which cannot be satisfactorily recycled by a grinding process. The technology has already started to demonstrate its potential to expand significantly the scope and volume of PVC recycling.
PVC 2011 Brighton Conference, held in London April 12th-14th, disclosed the new ten year voluntary programme of the European PVC industry.
On Wednesday April 13th, around fifty exclusive papers have been presented with two sessions focussing on the latest developments in Formulations covering Additives and Flexibles, with other sessions concentrating on Polymerisation, Processing and Properties, Sustainability and Rigid Profile and Sheet.
SolVin was present at this conference and presented different papers:
• Vinyloop®, a New Way to Develop Sustainable Business for PVC Composite Materials - Richard Thommeret (SolVin)
• Continuous and long Fibres Composites Open New Opportunities for PVC - Claudine Bloyaert (SolVin)
• Evaluation of Processing Performance of Bio-based Plasticisers in Paste PVC Applications - Daniel Martinz, Luc Matthysen (SolVin)
• Evaluation of Properties of Bio-based Plasticisers in P-PVC Applications - Luc Matthysen (SolVin)
• An Original Process for the Production of PVC Honeycomb - Dominique Grandjean (Solvay)
• Influence of Molecular Weight on the Properties of Molecularly Oriented PVC - Joel Fumire (SolVin)
• Controlled Radical Polymerization of Vinyl Chloride: a First Step Toward a New PVC? - Vincent Bodart (Solvay Vinyls Research & Technology)
