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- sistency, and several overband magnets remove metal; the material is sieved, destoned, and ground to produce standard output. The aim is to get as clean a rubber material as possible and ensure that it is free of contaminants such as stone, wire, textile, and paper. The resulting powders are as pure as VS Rubber Recycling can obtain. The material offered by VS Rubber is in the range of 0.00 – 0.7mm. granulate of 1.0 to 4.0mm, is also offered. The main markets for the - terials, and compounding clients. The rubber produced is then sold to manufacturers of moulded goods The 3R Rubber facility in Belgium shreds and has two production lines, an ambient line, and a cryogenic line, to create powders from treads and strippings from truck tyres. The cryogenic powders are available in two grades 0-300 microns and 300 – 500 microns—ambi- worldwide, treads and strippings from truck tyres, and factory rejects at 3R rubber. The company also buys used inner tubes as an additional line. The bu- tyl tubes are stripped of their valves and, where suitable, cut to create straps of butyl rubber. These straps are then linked, just as we all did to be used as load restraints on pallets of goods, replacing the ubiq- COMPANY REPORT According to Christian van Someren, the US operation is a copy of the Venlo operation in the Netherlands. The Lebanon facility has 10 staff and produces around 20,000 metric tons of processed buffings and granulate annually. Classifying and bagging at Venlo - pose of material an extended lifespan with minimal intervention and processing. The Van Someren team – (L to R) Father Hans, Christian, Linda, and Robert P. 18
