Clean Vision Corp (CLNV)

[gclaes]

If CLNV can have the material delivered free to their plant that is a HUGE advantage: One point for CLNV.. However, I have seen the quality of some of this material and it is very contaminated. Besides plastic there will be paper, corrugated, metal, glass. Not to mention dirt, product and God knows what else. If they can get a yield above 60%, they will be in good shape. Once they separate out the plastic, the most valuable resins in descending order are:

PET – Polypropylene terephthalate – (soda bottles, Gatorade bottles, most shelf stable juice bottles etc.
HDPE – High density polyethylene – Milk bottles, laundry detergent bottles, oil bottles etc.

The following resins are in the post-consumer stream in rather small quantities: polypropylene (PP), low density polyethylene (LDPE), polystyrene (PS) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC). The PET and HDPE can be easily cleaned and separated and most of the other resins are not a problem.

However, that nasty chlorine atom in the PVC is a major concern. One PVC bottle in a hundred PET bottles will result in 101 bottles of scrap.

What technology does CLNV have to deal with PVC and various colors?