Altyor’s recycling loop

What are the different stages of a recycling loop?

Product recovery

Product recovery is obviously the first step in product recycling, but it is the most difficult. Altyor gives some business model advice to help you in this phase.



Dismantling

The next step is dismantling. The electronics must be separated from the mechanical parts. On the electronic side, some components with rare metals can be recovered and recycled in specialised channels. As for the mechanics, the elements must be separated according to their type of material. For example, silicone must be separated from plastic. This stage is also very important. The better it is done, the cleaner the recycled material will be and the more ideal it will be for reinjection. This stage also shows the advantages of eco-design upstream: eliminating bi-material products, avoiding labels stuck on the plastic, banning ultrasonic welding, etc. All this experience now enables Altyor to obtain a stage 2 without complexity.


Shredding and removal of ferrous elements
In this stage N°3, all the plastic elements by material and by colour are crushed to obtain a material in the form of chips. At the end of the shredding machine, the material passes under magnets to remove the ferrous elements. This is the final cleaning phase. Indeed, there will be no need to clean with water thanks to our expertise in eco-design, put in place during the development of the product, and thanks to a careful dismantling. The regrind is now ready to move forward in the recycling loop with minimal pollution.


Homogenisation

This phase is very important. Its objective is to make the material homogeneous in terms of colour, texture and behaviour over a batch of several tonnes. Poor homogenisation may have consequences on the technicality of the material and its aesthetic appearance.



Extrusion

Extrusion or regeneration makes it possible to reconstitute a raw material with the same shape as a new material (also known as virgin). How is it done? The recycled pellets are placed in an extruder, a machine consisting of a heated tube through which a rotating screw passes. At the end of this process, the material is softened, formed into spaghetti and cut into pellets.



Injection

The recycled material is now ready to be used in an injection mould to create a new object!



Injection

The recycled material is now ready to be used in an injection mould to create a new object!

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