Rapra de-vulcanisation process wins government funding

ERJ staff report (DS)

Shropshire, UK -- Smithers Rapra has won around euro 1 million in funding for its ReMould process which claims to de-vulcanise cured rubber materials. The money will come half from the IUK government and half from the project's existing investors.

The UK government is to contribute £490 000 through its Technology Strategy Board (TSB) within its Sustainable Materials and Products programme.

ReMould builds upon the work undertaken within the TSB funded DevulCO₂ project which developed a continuous de-vulcanisation system for the production of de-vulcanised rubber from waste tyres. ReMould will increase the market available to the process by transferring the technology to other waste rubber products (e.g. EPDM automotive weatherstrip) and so expand the range of goods that can be manufactured from the de-vulcanised rubber.

Rapra said, "ReMould will enable rubber recyclers to increase the value of recycled rubber and provide the opportunity to enter many key rubber sectors for the manufacture of high value end products. In addition, the process will provide significant economic benefits to rubber compounders and moulders, whilst contributing to the environment by minimising tyre waste."

The ReMould consortium comprises the original six DevulCO₂ members, which are Smithers Rapra, PJH Partnership, Martins Rubber Company, BD Technical Polymer, J. Allcock & Sons, and Charles Lawrence International, with the addition of two new members Kingpin Tyres and London Metropolitan University.

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