Aimplas Develops new technologies of recycled to obtain plastics of greater value and with more applications
12 December 2013
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Descontapol Is a project cofinanciado through the Ivace by the Bottoms Feder, inside the Operative Program Feder of the Comunitat Valencian 2007-2013. His main aim is to delete drastically critical substances contained in the plastics recycled that up to now they limited his application. It is the case of the smells, or of elements that affect to his physical properties like the resistance. Besides, it allows to delete other substances that up to now did not disappear during the process of recycled, and that were limited by the legislation in the case of plastics in contact with foods.
The Valencian Community is a region of big importance for the sector of the plastic recycled. Specifically, it agglutinates to 20% of this industry to national level, and in the case of the transformative companies this supposes a total of 14.400 employments. The companies recicladoras, that at present work to 67% of his capacity, will be ones of the big benefited by the industrial implantation of the project Descontapol, since an elder aprovechamiento of the plastic post consumption will suppose for them elevate until reaching figures of 70% the aprovechamiento of his capacity of production and an increase of his near income to the two million annual euros. Besides, when treating of a product of greater quality and with more applications, the price by kilo also will increase, what will suppose a profit of roughly one million annual euros.
On the other hand, in the transformative companies, the replacement of virgin material by recycled supposes a saving in raw materials from among 20% and 40%, what in the case of the Valencian production has estimated that supposes a saving of costs of roughly three million euros to the year. This supposes to improve the accounts of the Valencian industry of the plastic recycled in six million annual euros.