MOSCOW (MRC) - Polymer-Vector (Kemerovo), engaged in the processing of chemically contaminated plastic wastes, is going to double its processing volumes in 2013, reports Interfax-Siberia with the refrence to the General Director, Vladimir Rogov.
Thus, the company will be able to process up to 1.2 thousand tonnes of plastic wastes and to increase the production of special granules up to 80 tonnes per month to be used in the production of plastic containers, paving tiles and curbs, the polypropylene (PP) tape (the analogue of metal packaging tape).
LLC "Polymer-Vector", founded on October 2, 2007, is a resident of the Kuzbass Technopark. The company's activity includes the processing of chemically contaminated plastic wastes by using innovative waste technology. The company manufactures products from the recycled plastic granules, obtained from the processing of plastic wastes into such products as, for example, LDPE sleeve, polypropylene (PP), plastic plugs (stemming) for wells, the polymer-sand tightening, polymer-sand tiles and curbs to them, and many more.
According to the company's data, the polymer wastes makes about 12% of all the household wastes in Russia. During one year, the country produces nearly 800,000 tonnes of plastic wastes, the bulk of which is stored in landfills and only 10% is recycled.
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