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Green Rubber™ - Rubber Recycling




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Green Rubber™ has invented a process that allows for recycling vulcanized rubber.  The de-vulcanization process is called De-Link and promises a way to recycle vulcanized rubber products such as tires.

Typically tires have been thrown in landfills where they collect water and breed mosquito and cause ground water contamination ... and if they catch fire can cause significant air and water pollution.

" ... vulcanization has historically been a non-reversible process ... has not been possible to re-use vulcanized rubber in the production of new rubber products.

"De-vulcanization is the reverse of the vulcanization process ... sulphur bonds are opened up and the chemical characteristics of the de-vulcanized material now resemble virgin rubber ...DeLink reactant is a proprietary and patented chemical mixture ... process is a mechano-chemical reaction in nature ... "

 

Via: Green Rubber™ LINK

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