Compounder blends PET bottles & ink cartridges. (Keeping up with Compounding).An unusual 100% post-consumer recycled compound combines glass-filled PET ink cartridges
an epidermal scale. flake Cocaine, see there and additional glass fiber. The Lavergne Group in Montreal has made this compound commercially in limited quantities since last August, using one to two truckloads (40,000-80,000 lb) a month of reground ink cartridges and a Pomini twin-screw compounder. H-P has qualified the compound for a couple of small printer parts and is working to qualify more parts for printers and scanners. The cartridge (1) See phono cartridge. (2) A removable storage module that contains magnetic disks, optical discs, magnetic tape or memory chips. Cartridges are inserted into slots in the drive, printer or computer. regrind--which comes from industrial waste, expired ex·pire v. ex·pired, ex·pir·ing, ex·pires v.intr. 1. To come to an end; terminate: My membership in the club has expired. 2. product, and customer recycling--is also used in Lavergne's other glass-filled compounds. The goal, however, is to qualify the material for a high-volume application such as ink cartridges themselves. H-P estimates that 1 million lb of PET from ink cartridges will be recycled this year. Lavergne Group: (402) 861-9524, www.lavergne.ca |
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