If you desire to be sustainable , you have to get your handwriting dirty . At Van Krimpen , one of the major supplier of polish grass in the southerly neighborhood of the Netherlands , they begin compile and recycle plastic themselves seven years ago . Trucks full come in every daytime , while on the other helping hand expectant bags of finely ground , clean pieces of charge card are delivered , the raw cloth for new injection forge jars . " We ’re not making more plastic , we ’re reprocess . "
Jorg Swagemakers
We talk with representative Jorg Swagemakers at Van Krimpen ’s company in Standdaarbuiten , West - Brabant . There is a large warehouse that offers blank for about 7400 pallets and from where the deliveries are made to customers . This manse was put into use seven years ago , " built on outgrowth but already too minuscule " . Right next to the warehouse is the recycling flora , where the hoard material is shredded and wash . The pots themselves are produce elsewhere . A whole class has to be produced ( in advance ) in lodge to be able to cope with the peak months from March to May . As soon as the chance of frost has travel by , the consumer go into his garden , the plant and tree growers deliver their products and then have to begin maturate plants again for the next catamenia . much all transport , of both the granule and the Cartesian product , then call for piazza under their own management .
Take a look in the warehouse
InnovationVan Krimpen claims to be very strong in the development of new , forward-looking products . More than 90 % of this product development takes place at the postulation of , and in close cooperation with , the grower . In this way , beautiful , typical and often advantageous products are create . " For your selective information , the costs of a mold depart at around 40,000 euro and can amount to up to 3 tons . If we call back that the market demand is there , we often buy the mould ourselves . But it can also be paid for partly , or even wholly by the grower , give the raiser a certain or even complete control over the production of a specific pot . "
The plastic is dump on a conveyor belt , after which it is transported to the shredder .
RecyclingRecycling is the motif in the plastic sector , which today is often the head of jute . Crucial here is a unanimous collection and the technique to split dissimilar types . The market has taken steps in this direction , which make it potential for Krimpen to proffer the textile it needs on a silver phonograph recording . For the technician , this principally refer PS , PET and PP . PS is polystyrene , used for example for Normpack trays . PET is polythene terephthalate , a strong material from which the cola bottle is made and which is also used for tray output , and PP is polypropene , which is used for the production of pots and therefore has the bombastic share . " What distinguishes us is that the plastic we practice as a raw material for the injection moulding of new pots , in addition to what comes back from our customer , is 100 % PCR . In other speech , the type of plastic that consumers throw forth every day . Most products are made from 100 % PCR cloth and to get certain color we impart dyes " .
The attrition is done in two steps . First a uncouth one -
DetectabilityA second major focusing is on detectability . You have to know what ’s inside if recycling is to be potential at all . What retail chain of mountains call for and what can be import and exported is therefore becoming increasingly strict . For deterrent example , late introduced rules in the UK and Scandinavia that condition that products that are not NIR detectable , i.e. where it is impossible to determine what type of credit card it is , can not be accepted . Waste assort by way of NIR is a nice proficiency , but it brings with it one big problem . A mass of charge plate contains the dye carbon copy , which is black , and which absorbs the infrared light beam . It is then not possible to regulate which type of charge card it is . Then it does not dispose for recycling . The solution is to use dyes other than carbon . " That ’s possible , but not everyone can do that . We have spent a long metre attempt to find the right formula for the various colours , " says Jorg . " The exact formula is the creator ’s secret . We now make gobs of detectable color . And for many of them , we also have the well - known " Cyclos " certification . "
- This is wash , in this turbine , without a drop of water -
Not waste , but bare-ass materialWithout necessarily want to be the most vestal , Van Krimpen does not allow himself to be overwhelmed by the current negative reportage on plastics . " That we do n’t want to bring a new plastic into the world and that you have to recycle , we have been finding and doing this for a very long time . However , it is only in the last few year that we have become more active in doing so .
- And a second attrition bring forth this more refined material
SustainableFinally , they also have an eye for making their own business sector operations more sustainable . " When owner Marco and Ruud had this construction build , the wishing was to do this as mood - neutral as potential . For example , the construction has no gas connection and no central heating . We heat up by agency of groundwater that we pump from 400 metres underground and that is always around 16 degrees . By means of compression we use this in the wintertime to heat the building and in the summer we can use it to cool off . "
One problem is that it ’s already too little , Jorg reason out . " There ’s still some infinite behind the current warehouse . In the meanwhile , the land has been purchased and we are in interview with the municipality about a possible new building . The goal is then to double the entrepot capacity . We hope to get uncloudedness about this this year and to act upon out the plans further . "
For more information : Van Krimpen B.V.Molenstraat 424758 AB StanddaarbuitenTel : +31 ( 0)165 - 318500Fax : +31 ( 0)165 - 312429[email protected]www.krimpen.nl
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