How are plastics separated from other materials such as glass, metal and paper at the recycling plant? please help! x
There are many process but i'm gonna tell you only one. That is Based on Innate Electrical Charge (A method of electrostatic separation).This plastic separation technology is based on simple, proven physical principles. These principles have been applied to this process in a way that is unique from any other company in the world and it is protected with several international patents. The unit takes chopped pieces of different types of plastic, charges them with static electricity, and drops them through an electric field, resulting in a natural separation of the plastic types based on pieces being attracted toward the electrode of the opposite polarity. Once the mixed plastics have been separated into the individual types, the end products can be used in place of new, more expensive virgin material.
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