Boiteko ba Azek Co. Inc. e thehiloeng Chicago ba ho sebelisa PVC e nchafalitsoeng ho feta lihlahisoa tsa eona tsa mokhabiso bo thusa indasteri ea li-vinyl ho fihlela sepheo sa ho boloka lihlahisoa tse entsoeng ka polasetiki e sebelisoang haholo ho tsoa litsing tsa lithōle.
Le hoja liperesente tse 85 tsa PVC e sebelisoang pele ho bareki le ea indasteri, joalo ka likhechana tsa ho etsa thepa, tse lahliloeng le tse entsoeng, li sebelisoa hape US le Canada, ke liperesente tse 14 feela tsa thepa ea PVC e sebelisoang ka morao ho bareki, joalo ka mekato ea vinyl, marako a mahlakoreng le a marulelo, e sebelisoang hape. .
Khaello ea limmaraka tsa ho qetela, mekhoa ea motheo e fokolang ea ho tsosolosa le lisebelisoa tse fokolang tsa pokello kaofela li kenya letsoho ho sekhahla se phahameng sa ho lahlela lithōle bakeng sa polasetiki ea boraro e tsebahalang lefatšeng ka bophara Amerika le Canada.
Ho rarolla bothata bona, Setsi sa Vinyl, mokhatlo oa khoebo o thehiloeng Washington, le Lekhotla la ona la Vinyl Sustainability ba etelletsa pele phallo ea lithōle.Lihlopha li ipehetse pakane e itekanetseng ea ho eketsa ts'ebetso ea morao-rao ea PVC ka liphesente tse 10 ho feta tekanyo ea 2016, e neng e le liponto tse limilione tse 100, ka 2025.
Ho finyella seo, lekhotla le ntse le batla litsela tsa ho ntlafatsa pokello ea lihlahisoa tsa PVC tsa morao-rao, mohlomong ka ho haha lithomo liteisheneng tsa ho fetisetsa literaka tse hulang meroalo ea 40,000-pound;ho letsetsa baetsi ba lihlahisoa ho eketsa litaba tsa PVC tse nchafalitsoeng;le ho kopa batseteli le bafani ba lithuso ho atolosa meaho ea ts'ebetso ea mochini bakeng sa ho hlopha, ho hlatsoa, ho pshatla le ho sila.
"Joaloka indasteri, re entse matsapa a maholo ka ho tsosolosoa ha PVC ka liponto tse fetang limilione tse likete tse 1.1 tse nchafalitsoeng selemo le selemo. Re lemoha ho khoneha le litšenyehelo tsa katleho ea morao-rao ea indasteri, empa ho na le ho hongata ho lokelang ho etsoa ka lehlakoreng la bareki." Jay Thomas, motsamaisi ea ka sehloohong oa Vinyl Sustainability Council, o boletse ho webinar ea morao-rao.
Thomas e ne e le e mong oa libui ho webinar ea lekgotla la Vinyl Recycling Summit, e neng e behiloe inthaneteng ka la 29 Phuptjane.
Azek e thusa ho etella pele indastering ea vinyl ka theko ea eona ea $ 18.1 milione ea Ashland, Ohio-based Return Polymers, e recycler le comperer ea PVC.Moetsi oa mekato ke mohlala o motle oa hore k'hamphani e fumane katleho ka ho sebelisa thepa e sebelisoang hape, ho latela lekhotla.
Selemong sa lichelete sa 2019, Azek e sebelisitse liponto tse fetang limilione tse 290 tsa thepa e nchafalitsoeng libotong tsa eona, mme liofisiri tsa k'hamphani li lebelletse ho eketsa chelete eo ka liperesente tse fetang 25 ka selemo sa lichelete sa 2020, ho latela prospectus ea Azek IPO.
Return Polymers e ntlafatsa bokhoni ba Azek ba ho tsosolosa ka tlung ho pholletsa le mohala oa eona oa TimberTech Azek decking, Azek Exteriors trim, Versatex cellular PVC trim le lihlahisoa tsa maqephe a Vycom.
Ka thekiso e hakanyetsoang ea liranta tse limilione tse 515, Azek ke phala ea No. 8, profil le tubing extruder Amerika Leboea, ho latela boemo bo bocha ba Plastics News.
Return Polymers ke setsi sa bo38 se seholo ka ho fetisisa Amerika Leboea, se sebelisang liponto tse limilione tse 80 tsa PVC, ho latela lintlha tse ling tsa boemo ba Plastics News.Hoo e ka bang karolo ea 70 lekholong ea eona e tsoa ka mor'a indasteri le karolo ea 30 lekholong ho tsoa mehloling ea morao-rao ea bareki.
Return Polymers e theha motsoako oa PVC polymer ho tsoa mehloling e nchafalitsoeng ea 100 lekholong e ts'oanang le tsela eo baetsi ba metsoako ea setso ba sebelisang thepa e tala.Khoebo e ntse e tsoela pele ho rekisetsa bareki ba kantle ha e ntse e le molekane oa phepelo ea thepa ho mong'a eona e mocha Azek.
"Re ikemiselitse ho potlakisa tšebeliso ea lisebelisoa tse tsosolositsoeng. Ke eona motheo oa hore na re bo-mang le seo re se etsang, " Ryan Hartz, motlatsi oa motlatsi oa Azek oa ho fumana chelete, o itse nakong ea webinar."Re sebelisa sehlopha sa rona sa mahlale le R&D ho fumana mokhoa oa ho sebelisa lihlahisoa tse nchafalitsoeng le tse tšoarellang, haholo-holo PVC le polyethylene hape."
Ho Azek, ho etsa se nepahetseng ke ho sebelisa polasetiki e nchafalitsoeng, Hartz o ile a eketsa, a hlokomela ho fihla ho liperesente tse 80 tsa thepa ka lehong la eona le mela e entsoeng ka mofuta oa PE ea TimberTech-brand e ntse e sebelisoa hape, athe liperesente tse 54 tsa polima ea eona e kentsoeng e entsoe ka PVC.
Ha ho bapisoa, Winchester, Va.-based Trex Co. Inc. e re li-decks tsa eona li entsoe ka karolo ea 95 lekholong ea patsi e tsosolositsoeng le filimi ea PE e tsosolositsoeng.
Ka $ 694 milione ka thekiso ea selemo le selemo, Trex ke North America's No. 6 pipe, profile le tubing mohlahisi, ho ea ka Plastic News rankings.
Trex e boetse e re khaello ea mekhoa e metle ea ho bokella e thibela lihlahisoa tsa eona tse sebelisitsoeng ho sebelisoa hape qetellong ea nako ea bophelo ba tsona.
"Ha tšebeliso e kopanetsoeng e ntse e ata le mananeo a pokello a ntse a ntlafatsoa, Trex e tla etsa boiteko bohle ba ho ntšetsa pele mananeo ana," Trex e re tlalehong ea eona ea ts'ebetso.
"Bongata ba lihlahisoa tsa rona li ka sebelisoa hape qetellong ea bophelo ba tsona ba bohlokoa, 'me hajoale re ntse re etsa lipatlisiso ka likhetho tsohle tse ka re thusang ho tlisa boiteko ba rona ba ho bo sebelisa," ho boletse Hartz.
Lihlahisoa tse tharo tsa mantlha tsa lihlahisoa tsa Azek ke TimberTech Azek, e kenyelletsang pokello ea PVC e kentsoeng e bitsoang Harvest, Arbor le Vintage;TimberTech Pro, e kenyelletsang PE le mekhabiso e entsoeng ka lehong e bitsoang Terrain, Reserve le Lefa;le TimberTech Edge, e kenyeletsang PE le metsoako ea lehong e bitsoang Prime, Prime + le Premier.
Azek esale e tsetela haholo ho nts'etsapele bokhoni ba eona ba ho e sebelisa hape ka lilemo tse 'maloa.Ka selemo sa 2018, k'hamphani e sebelisitse $42.8 milione thepa le polante le lisebelisoa ho theha setsi sa eona sa PE se Wilmington, Ohio.Setsi sena, se ileng sa buloa ka Mmesa 2019, se fetola libotlolo tsa shampoo tse sebelisitsoeng, lijeke tsa lebese, libotlolo tse hlatsoetsang liaparo le sekoaelo sa polasetiki hore e be thepa e fumanang bophelo ba bobeli e le motheo oa TimberTech Pro le Edge decking.
Ntle le ho khelosa litšila ho tsoa litsing tsa lithōle, Azek e re tšebeliso ea thepa e sebelisoang hape e fokotsa litšenyehelo tsa thepa haholo.Mohlala, Azek e re e bolokile liranta tse limilione tse 9 selemo le selemo ka ho sebelisa liperesente tse 100 tsa lisebelisoa tsa HDPE ho e-na le lisebelisoa tse sa tsoakoang ho hlahisa li-cores tsa lihlahisoa tsa Pro le Edge.
"Matsete ana, hammoho le matsapa a mang a ho e sebelisa, a kentse letsoho phokotsong ea liperesente tse 15 tsa litšenyehelo tsa mantlha tsa ponto e le 'ngoe le phokotso ea liperesente tse 12 tsa litšenyehelo tsa mantlha tsa ponto ea rona ea PVC, maemong ka 'ngoe ho tloha. tsa lichelete tsa 2017 ho isa ho 2019, 'me re lumela hore re na le monyetla oa ho fihlela phokotso e eketsehileng ea litšenyehelo," prospectus ea Azek IPO e re.
Theko ea Pherekhong 2020 ea Return Polymers, setho se thehiloeng sa Vinyl Sustainability Council, e bula monyako o mong oa menyetla eo ka ho holisa bokhoni ba Azek ba ho etsa lihlahisoa tsa PVC.
E thehiloe ka 1994, Return Polymers e fana ka phepelo ea PVC, phetolo ea thepa, lits'ebeletso tsa ho tlosa litšila, ho khutlisa litšila le taolo ea matlakala.
"E ne e le ntho e ntle haholo. ... Re na le lipheo tse tšoanang," David Foell o boletse nakong ea webinar."Ka bobeli re batla ho tsosolosa le ho boloka tikoloho. Ka bobeli re batla ho eketsa tšebeliso ea vinyl. E ne e le tšebelisano e kholo."
Return Polymers e tsosolosa lisebelisoa tse ngata tsa mohaho tseo e leng lihlahisoa tsa moloko oa pele qetellong ea bophelo ba tsona ba bohlokoa tseo e li fumanang meahong ea kaho le ea ho heletsa, borakonteraka le bareki.Khoebo e boetse e tsosolosa lihlahisoa tse kang li-washer le li-dryer, mamati a karache, libotlolo le libaka tse koetsoeng, lithaele, mecha ea litaba ea tora ea ho phomola, likarete tsa mokitlane, li-docks le libaka tsa ho hlapela.
"Bokhoni ba ho kenya lintho mona ho tsoa ho thepa ea thepa ke senotlolo sa ho etsa hore lintho tsena li sebetse," Foell o itse.
Ho ea ka pono ea bokhoni ho Return Polymers, Foell o itse: "Re ntse re sebelisa lintho tse bonolo. Re etsa lifensetere, siding, pipe, fencing - li-yards tse 9 kaofela - empa le lintho tse ling tseo batho ba li lahlang ka har'a litšila kajeno. ba motlotlo haholo ka ho fumana mekhoa le theknoloji ea ho sebelisa lintho tseo lihlahisoa tsa mantlha. Ha re e bitse ho recycling. Re e bitsa upcycling hobane ... re leka ho fumana sehlahisoa se felileng seo re ka se kenyang ho sona."
Ka mor'a webinar, Foell o ile a bolella Plastics News hore o bona letsatsi leo ka lona ho nang le lenaneo la ho khutlisetsa lihahi le beng ba matlo.
"Return Polymers e se e ntlafalitse mochini oa OEM ka lebaka la ho se sebetse, phetoho ea taolo ea kabo kapa tšenyo ea masimo," Foell o boletse."Return Polymers e ntlafalitse marang-rang a thepa le mekhoa ea ho tsosolosa ho tšehetsa boiteko bona. Nka nahana hore ho tsosolosoa ha morero ho tla hlokahala haufinyane, empa ho tla etsahala feela haeba mocha oohle oa ho fana ka thepa - mokonteraka, kabo, OEM. le recycler - ba nka karolo."
Ho tloha ho liphahlo le meaho ho isa ho liphutheloana le lifensetere, ho na le limmaraka tse fapaneng moo vinyl ea post-consumer ka mefuta ea eona e thata kapa e tenyetsehang e ka fumanang ntlo.
Limmaraka tse holimo tse tsebahalang tsa ho qetela hajoale li kenyelletsa extrusion ea tloaelo, liperesente tse 22;ho kopanya vinyl, karolo ea 21 lekholong;mohloa le serapa, karolo ea 19 lekholong;vinyl siding, soffit, trim, lisebelisoa, karolo ea 18 lekholong;le liphaephe le li-fittings tsa bophara bo boholo ho feta lisenthimithara tse 4, karolo ea 15 lekholong.
Ke ho ea ka phuputso ea li-recyclers tse 134 tsa vinyl, barekisi le bahlahisi ba lihlahisoa tse felileng tse entsoeng ke Tarnell Co. LLC, feme ea tlhahlobo ea mekoloto le tlhahisoleseling ea khoebo e Providence, RI, e tsepamisitseng maikutlo ho li-processor tsohle tsa Amerika Leboea.
Motsamaisi oa Tsamaiso Stephen Tarnell o re tlhaiso-leseling e bokelloa ka bongata ba thepa e sebelisoang hape, lichelete tse rekiloeng, tse rekisitsoeng le tse felisitsoeng, bokhoni ba ho lokisa le mebaraka e sebeletsoang.
"Neng kapa neng ha thepa e ka ea sehlahisoa se felileng, ke moo se batlang ho ea teng. Ke moo moeli o leng teng, "Tarnell o itse nakong ea Seboka sa Recycling ea Vinyl.
"Baetsi ba lik'hamphani ba tla lula ba e reka ka theko e tlase ho feta k'hamphani ea lihlahisoa tse felileng, empa ba tla e reka e ngata khafetsa," ho boletse Tarnell.
Hape, ho hlahella lethathamong la limmaraka tse hlokomelehang ke sehlopha se bitsoang "tse ling" tse nkang karolo ea 30 lekholong ea PVC ea bareki ba morao-rao, empa Tarnell o itse ke mohlolo.
"'E' ngoe" ke ntho e lokelang ho phatlalatsoa ho pota-pota e 'ngoe le e' ngoe ea lihlopha, empa batho ba 'marakeng oa ho tsosolosa ... ba batla ho tsebahatsa moshanyana oa bona oa khauta. senotlolo sa marang-rang bakeng sa bona."
PVC ea post-consumer e boetse e etsa tsela ea ho felisa mebaraka bakeng sa lithaele, mokhoa oa ho bōpa, oa likoloi le oa lipalangoang, lithapo le lithapo, fatše tse tsitsitseng, ho tšehetsa k'hapete, mamati, marulelo, thepa ea ka tlung le lisebelisoa.
Ho fihlela limmaraka tsa ho qetela li matlafatsoa le ho eketseha, li-vinyl tse ngata li tla tsoela pele ho etsa tsela ea ho ea libakeng tsa mobu.
MaAmerika a hlahisitse liponto tse limilione tse likete tse 194.1 tsa lithōle tsa malapa ka 2017, ho latela tlaleho ea morao-rao ea tsamaiso ea litšila e tiileng ea masepala.Lipolasetiki li ne li etsa liponto tse limilione tse likete tse 56.3, kapa liperesente tse 27.6 tsa kakaretso, ha liponto tse limilione tse likete tse 1.9 tsa PVC tse feliloeng li emetse karolo ea 1 lekholong ea thepa eohle le liperesente tse 3.6 tsa lipolasetiki tsohle.
"Oo ke monyetla o motle oa ho qala ho itloaetsa ho sebelisa hape," ho latela Richard Krock, motlatsi e moholo oa Setsi sa Vinyl oa litaba tsa taolo le tsa tekheniki.
Ho sebelisa monyetla ona, indasteri e boetse e tlameha ho rarolla mathata a pokello ea thepa le ho fumana lisebelisoa tse nepahetseng tsa ho recycle.
"Ke ka lebaka leo re ipehetseng sepheo sa rona keketseho ea 10 lekholong ea chelete ea morao-rao ea bareki," Krock o itse."Re batla ho qala ka boinyenyefatso hobane rea tseba hore e tla ba phephetso ho khutlisa lisebelisoa tse ngata ka mokhoa ona."
Ho fihlela sepheo sa eona, indasteri e hloka ho khutlisetsa liponto tse limilione tse 10 tsa vinyl selemo le selemo lilemong tse hlano tse tlang.
Karolo e 'ngoe ea boikitlaetso e tla kenyelletsa ho sebetsa le liteishene tsa phetisetso le li-recyclers tsa kaho le tsa ho heletsoa ho leka ho aha boima bo felletseng ba literaka tsa liponto tse 40,000 tsa lihlahisoa tse sebelisitsoeng tsa PVC hore bakhanni ba literaka ba li hule.
Krock o boetse a re, "Ho na le melumo e mengata e ka tlase ho teraka ea liponto tse 10,000 le liponto tse 20,000 tse sebakeng sa polokelo kapa tse libakeng tsa pokello tseo ba kanna ba se be le sebaka sa ho li boloka. Ke lintho tseo re li hlokang ho fumana tsela e nepahetseng. ho li isa setsing se ka khonang ho li sebetsa le ho li kenya lihlahisoa."
Litsi tsa phepelo le tsona li tla hloka lintlafatso bakeng sa ho hlopha, ho hlatsoa, ho sila, ho qhetsola le ho sila.
"Re leka ho hohela batseteli le bafani ba lithuso," ho boletse Krock."Linaha tse 'maloa li na le mananeo a lithuso. … Li laola le ho beha leihlo ho lahlela lithōle, 'me ho bohlokoa haholo ho tsona ho boloka palo ea lithōle li le tlase."
Thomas, molaoli oa lekhotla la ts'ebetso ea ts'ebetso ea setsi, o re o nahana hore litšitiso tsa tekheniki, tsa thepa le tsa matsete ho sebelisa PVC e ngata ea kamora bareki li ka fihlelleha ka boitlamo ba indasteri.
"Ho eketseha ho hoholo ka mor'a ho sebelisoa ha bareki ho tla fokotsa lik'habone tsa indasteri, ho fokotsa moroalo oa indasteri ea vinyl tikolohong le ho ntlafatsa maikutlo a vinyl 'marakeng - tsena kaofela li thusa ho netefatsa bokamoso ba indasteri ea vinyl," o ile a re.
O na le maikutlo mabapi le pale ee?A na u na le maikutlo ao u ka ratang ho a arolelana le babali ba rona?Plastics News e ka thabela ho utloa ho tsoa ho uena.Romella lengolo la hau ho Editor ho [imeile e sirelelitsoeng]
Litaba tsa Plastics li akaretsa khoebo ea indasteri ea polasetiki ea lefats'e.Re tlaleha litaba, re bokella lintlha le ho fana ka tlhahisoleseling e nakong e fang babali ba rona monyetla oa tlholisano.
Nako ea poso: Jul-25-2020