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Case Study 4 - Cost
Elimination by Reducing Landfill Materials |
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The Problem |
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Major producers of plastic resins
and secondary compounders generate purge and transition materials,
during their polymer production and subsequent processing. These
materials comprise
of large lumps and also strands. Issues with these materials are
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How to package and transport them,
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Very low quality
of polymer and many times it is contaminated.
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This
low quality material could cause production problems and larger
losses if mixed with other
good product. So, these extrusion houses throw them in open top
rolloffs and landfills gets filled
with thousands and thousands of pounds of such materials. |
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NSR Solution |
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These purge materials
are brought into our facilities. Materials is sorted, cut and
properly segregated by quality. Segregated lumps and strands can be ground
and reused by blending, and low end commingled
material which is used in applications like making plastic lumber.
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NSR Responsibility |
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Take
material in whatever form it is in, bulky or not. |
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Transport material in opentop rolloffs
or in boxes based upon how the producer collects |
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stores the materials |
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Sort, grind and process materials
as necessary |
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Use materials in other non-critical
applications |
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Find low end markets where certain
lower quality material can be used instead of |
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throwing it in the landfill. |
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Benefits |
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Landfill cost elimination for the
resin producer or compounder |
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Landfill volume elimination for
the local county or area |
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Business volume for our company. |
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