China To Recycle Shredder Residue

The Belgian company Salyp NV has reached an agreement with the Chinese government to build a facility to recycle mixed plastics produced by the shredders that process auto bodies, appliances and electronics in China.

According to a Salyp news release, the China State Environment Protection Administration (SEPA) “scanned global markets in search for technologies for recycling post-consumer goods plastics,” before signing the letter of intent to build a plant.

“All related departments of SEPA are proud to announce an internationally structured intention agreement that will tackle the ecological and economical post-consumer plastics recycling issues for China,” states the release.

The agreement calls for Beijing Guohuan P.E.G. Environmental Co. Ltd. of China and NV Salyp, Leper, Belgium, to create the China ELV Center and a network of regional and local ELV Centers.

The original acronym for “ELV” (End-of-Life Vehicles) has been changed to “End-of-Life Values” by Salyp to broaden the array of obsolete post-consumer goods that can be handled by the network. The End-of-Life Values phrase has been trademarked by Salyp.

Salyp NV will provide the technology and system to recover plastics and polyurethane foam out of the shredder stream. The Belgian company has introduced its full-size technology on a global basis in the past couple of years. The company is managed by president of Hubert Saelens and CEOs Ivan Vanherpe and Omer Saelens.

Beijing Guohuan P.E.G. Environmental Co. Ltd. (which is majority owned by the SEPA agency and the People’s Daily government newspaper) will control and endorse the network collection system.

Initially, the China ELV Center will recycle post-consumer computers in Beijing as a demonstration project before offering the service to other Chinese provinces and cities.

After an evaluation period, automotive bodies, white goods and the residue from other shredded objects will work its way to the Center.