September 7, 2007—Plastinum Polymer Technologies Corp. recently announced that it intends to develop a number of recycling plants at strategic locations in the US to house its proprietary blending recycling technology for electrical and electronic waste. The company will start with relocating its headquarters to California.
“Currently, e-waste in its final stage consists of 88% mixed plastic and is virtually unrecyclable. Today, this waste ends up in landfills or is disposed of via toxic burning or other environmental and health damaging practices. Our technology eliminates the final toxic hurdle and makes it possible for the first time to deliver closed loop mixed-plastic recycling,” said Jacques Mot, CEO of Plastinum.
Plastinum claims its technology is currently the only environmentally pure, economic recycling treatment process for mixed-plastic waste. Starting with California in September, the company expects to roll out up to five other locations by 2010. This will facilitate full recycling capability to electronic waste customers for the first time, says Plastinum.
Blendymer is Plastinum’s proprietary polymer processing technology that enables complete fusion, through mechano-chemical processing, of previously incompatible polymers. Its technology (apart from recycling) therefore also enables the creation of novel hybrid polymers, explains the company.
For more information visit the Plastinum Web site.
