CARPET RECYCLER OFFERS CLOSED LOOP SYSTEM
A full-scale, closed-loop nylon 6 "renewal factory" was opened by Evergreen Nylon Recycling LLC (ENR) in Augusta, Ga. ENR depolymerizes nylon 6 back into virgin-quality caprolactam, the building block of nylon 6. The renewed caprolactam can then be used to produce new nylon products.
The closed loop process means post-consumer nylon 6 products can be recycled and not landfilled. ENR says its facility will be able to keep more than 200 million pounds of post-consumer nylon 6 carpet out of landfills each year. ENR will also produce about 100 million pounds of caprolactam a year.
To generate that volume, they will need to procure about 100,000 tons of used carpet made with nylon 6 fiber. To source its material, ENR is building a nationwide network of post-consumer carpet collectors. Carpet collectors that ENR hopes to involve in the process include carpet pad recyclers and solid waste management and recycling companies.
CON-EXPO LOOKS BACK AND AHEAD
ConExpo-Con/Agg ’99 drew nearly 125,000 people over its five-day span in March. Organizers of the construction and aggregate industries exposition say the 1999 show "broke all previous show records" for attendance and exhibitor participation.
In addition to drawing 124,261 registered attendees (nearly 20,000 from other nations), ConExpo ’99 featured nearly 1,900 exhibitors.
Timetables are already being established for ConExpo-Con/Agg 2002, which will be held in Las Vegas March 19-23, 2002. Exhibit information will be available in May of 2000.
YANKS HEAD TO EUROPE
A delegation of American engineers, highway contractors and state and federal government employees are going to Europe in September to study road-building techniques there that use recycled materials.
The Federal Highway Administration is organizing a tour for about 15 delegates to study techniques in asphalt and concrete recycling taking place in Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, Germany and France. The delegates will also share information with their European hosts on road building recycling methods used in America.
The 1999 tour is being sponsored by the Recycled Materials Research Center (RMRC), a newly-formed center located in Durham, N.H.
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