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Polymers

Eco USA expands its silicone recycling plant beyond pilot stage

by Craig Bettenhausen
February 28, 2021 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 99, Issue 7
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Eco USA picks up scrap silicone and recycles it in West Virginia.

Silicone is getting circular at a newly expanded plant in Parkersburg, West Virginia. Eco USA says that its silicone fluid and rubber recycling plant can now handle 500 metric tons per month and that it has plans to double that capacity soon. The firm’s process yields polydimethylsiloxane, also known as PDMS or silicone oil, which can be turned into new silicone products. Eco USA says the process emits 65% less CO2 than making virgin PDMS does.

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