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Recycling of PVC floor coverings; first results after one year of practice
Author(s) -
Bonau Hugo
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
makromolekulare chemie. macromolecular symposia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.257
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1521-3900
pISSN - 0258-0322
DOI - 10.1002/masy.19920570122
Subject(s) - ground floor , business , environmental science , waste management , engineering , architectural engineering
Since the end of 1990, the “Arbeitsqemeinschaft PVC Bodenbelags Recycling (Society for the recycling of PVC floorings, AgPR)” collects and recycles PVC floor coverings in Germany. AgPR is an activity as well of PVC producers as of PVC floor covering manufacturers. 19 European companies participate in this venture. AgPR collects used floorings in several areas of Germany. It also pays 150 DM/t of PVC flooring delivered to its recycling plant in Großefehn. This plant has a capacity for recycling 5000 t/a. The used floor coverings are comminuted, ground to powder size and after that reused to manufacture new floor coverings.