Polyethylene(PE) is a thermoplastic polymer of ethylene. It is an organic compound which is the most common plastic in the world.
There are many types of polyethylene, which can be seen everywhere in our lives. The common ones are as follows
- LDPE(Low Density Polyethylene)
- HDPE(High Density Polyethylene)
- MDPE(Medium Density Polyethylene)
- LMDPE(Linear Medium Density Polyethylene)
- LLDPE(Linear Low Density Polyethylene)
- VLDPE(Very Low Density Polyethylene)
- ULDPE(Ultra Low Density Polyethylene)
- mLLDPE(Metallocene Linear Low Density Polyethylene)
- XLPE(Cross-linked Polyethylene)
- UHMWPE(Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene)
Thanks to its low cost and good chemical properties, PE materials are widely used in industry, commerce, construction and daily life. However, discarded PE products are difficult to degrade, causing huge damage to the environment.
The good news is that we now know how to solve these problems.
The first method is recycling. After the polyethylene waste is recycled, it is sorted and cleaned, shreded into small pieces and re-melted to reshape into new polyethylene particles to achieve recycling.
The second method is as an alternative fuel or commercial RDF pellets for cement kilns, waste-to-energy plants, steel mills, etc. Because they burn at temperatures above 1,000 degrees Celsius, they don't produce harmful substances such as dioxins, and they also provide extra heat.
GEP ECOTECH Industrial Shredder for Processing PE and other Plastic Waste
GEP ECOTECH provides efficient and economical solutions for the waste plastic disposal industry, our equipment can handle all kinds of pure and mixed plastic waste. For fuel production, our dual-shaft shear shredders can meet the fuel size requirements of most boilers, and for plastic recycling, our single-shaft shredders and dual-rotor fine shredders can shred waste plastic to a very small size, improve the efficiency of subsequent processing.
GEP ECOTECH Plastic Shredding Solution
GEP ECOTECH plastic shredders are extremely flexible and offer different rotor types, rotor geometries and cutting tools to achieve the purpose of shredding various thermoplastic materials to the desired size. We can provide from single machine to whole production line for your business.
