A new method of recycling PVC; bolstering the circular economy through producing both a purer REACH compliant R-PVC and other new high-value outputs

聚氯乙烯通常含有添加剂，其中一些被认为是高度关注的物质，正在接受REACH授权，禁止在新的聚氯乙烯材料中使用它们，包括再生聚氯乙烯(R-PVC)。这导致了对聚氯乙烯回收行业的限制，并已导致一家聚氯乙烯回收厂关闭。我们的创新旨在响应这一市场需求，并提供第一种方法来回收含有禁用添加剂的聚氯乙烯，方法是移除并重新利用这些新的、有价值的聚合物，这些聚合物可用于一系列应用，包括建筑涂料和复合材料-通过减少材料进口和塑料废物出口并增加收入，从而有利于环境和英国经济。

PVC often contains additives, some of which are considered to be substances of very high concern and are undergoing REACH authorisation which bans their use in new PVC materials, including recycled PVCs (R-PVC).This is leading to limitations on the PVC recycling industry and has already caused the closure of one PVC recycling plant.Our innovation looks to respond to this market need and provide the first method to recycle PVC containing banned additives through removing and re-purposing into new, valuable polymers which can be used in a range of applications, including coatings and composite materials for construction - benefiting the environment and the UK economy through reduced imports of materials and exports of plastic waste and increased revenue.