Environmental Recycling Technologies plc (ERT) The Powder Impression Moulding (PIM) Process Revolutionising the use of recycled plastics

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Environmental Recycling Technologies
plc(ERT)The Powder Impression Moulding (PIM)
Process Revolutionising the use of recycled
plastics
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Who are ERT plc?

• We are a leading developer of innovative
  technologies specifically focusing on plastic
  waste recycling.
• The company holds the world wide intellectual
  property rights to a number of technologies
  related to this sector including the PIM Process.
• ERT licences the right to use these technologies
  around the globe.
• ERT is listed on AiM (ENRT)
• in the United Kingdom.

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What is Powder Impression Moulding?

• The PIM Process allows businesses to improve
  their environmental footprint by adding new value
  to mixed plastic waste streams by conversion into
  added value products, which in turn can be
  recycled.

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Profit from Recycling

• The PIM Process can utilise mixed plastic waste
  with a high level of contaminants.

Waste plastics require limited to no
segregation, reducing costs, providing a low cost
raw material which in turn improves product
profit margins.
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Profit from Recycling

• The PIM process works by melting and fusing
  thermoplastic rich powder. This powder is applied
  to the open surfaces of heated moulds.

The products made using the PIM Process are
themselves recyclable and can be reused as a
feedstock to make new products.
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Profit from Recycling

• A core material of mixed plastics is added along
  with any further components such as
  reinforcements or fixings.

On further processing a composite material is
formed comprising solid skins fused to a closed
cell foam core.
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Profit from Recycling

• Through material selection and by adjusting the
  process conditions the density and properties of
  the composite material can be manipulated.

By utilising open moulds it is possible to form
composites with different skins on each surface
with different material properties and
colours. Both the skins and core of the product
can be made from virgin or mixed recycled
plastic.
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Profit from Recycling

• The PIM Process is having a revolutionary effect
  on the waste plastics industry as it offers
  operators a range of benefits for plastic
  recycling.

Every PIM Process plastic recycling line is
custom built to meet our clients requirements.
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Profit from Recycling

• The equipment is designed and supplied in a
  modular format to allow true flexibility and
  provide maximum production efficiency.

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The Ultimate Investment in plastic
recycling technology

• The PIM Process can be used in a variety of
  industries where companies require an affordable
  solution to minimise the impact of their plastic
  waste.
• The process can cost effectively convert low
  value plastic waste streams into saleable product
  with a number of value added features.
• The process is capable of producing large
  scale moulded products.

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Profit from Recycling

• Some materials can exhibit excellent mechanical,
  thermal and sound insulation properties as well
  as being light-weight.
• This makes it ideal for a number of applications
  in the Construction Industry.

The waste materials generated on their
construction sites is often difficult and costly
to recycle due to the variety of materials used.
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Construction Industry

• The PIM Process is capable of utilising a
  majority of these waste materials available and
  re-manufactures usable products that enable this
  sector to minimise its environmental impact.

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Automotive Sector

• End of vehicle life directives have made the
  automotive industry look at developing innovative
  products from the materials that are extracted
  from vehicles that are no longer economical to
  repair or scrapped.

The PIM Process is capable of utilising these
materials into new automotive components thus
assisting the automotive sector to meet current
and future legislation.
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PIM Process Flexibility
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Consumer Waste an ideal feed stock

• Householder waste streams are a source of mixed
  plastic waste materials that often get sent
  direct to landfill sites or incinerated at Energy
  from Waste plants.
• There is an estimated 2.9 million tonnes per
  annum of domestic mixed plastic waste generated
  in the United kingdom alone.

The PIM Process can utilise these materials and
manufacture a variety of added value products for
resale.
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Using PIM to recycle WEEE(Waste Electrical and
Electronic Equipment)

• Our PIM Process technology allows recyclers the
  ability to manufacture products using polymer
  feedstock reclaimed from WEEE materials to reduce
  the environmental impact upon our local
  communities.

The PIM Process offers a technology to produce
eco friendly products enabling licensees the
flexibility to utilise up to 85 of WEEE polymer
recyclate by volume within fully recyclable new
moulded PIM product.

• PIM does not require the extensive refinement or
  segregation of mixed polymers. This provides
  uses for up to 100 of the polymers generated by
  WEEE recycling.This creates a new and
  valuable
• market for WEEE waste.

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The recycling process
First Stage Bulk arrives
Second Stage Material crushed
Third Stage Powder/ granules
The powder is then used as a raw material feed
stock to the PIM Process. This offers a
economically and environmentally sustainable
process capable of converting non-segregated
polymer rich recyclate into value added
products opening new market opportunities.
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Technical Commercial collaboration

• ERT plc working alongside its technical and
  commercial partners can offer clients the
  complete total solution package ranging from
  material analysis, prototyping, mould design
  bespoke production equipment supply.
• ERT has a collaboration agreement with Arup a
  Global Engineering Consultancy firm.

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PIM Summarised
PIM economically produces added value end
products from low value waste plastic which would
otherwise be incinerated or sent to land
fill. PIM products are typically lighter, easier
to handle, very robust, and which are low to no
maintenance. Through product design At end of
life PIM products are totally recyclable.
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Interested in learning more?

• Environmental Recycling Technologies plc78 York
  StreetLondonW1H 1DPUnited Kingdom
• Tel      [phone]
• Fax     [phone]
• E-mail info_at_ertplc.com
• Web www.ertplc.com