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ZERMA Insights & Industry Blog
Technical articles, maintenance tips, and industry knowledge from the ZERMA America team. Helping you get the most from your size-reduction equipment.
Rotomolding Scrap Recycling: Why Large Hollow Parts Need Two-Stage Size Reduction
Water tanks, playground equipment, and industrial containers are made efficiently by rotational molding. Recovering the scrap from those operations requires a completely different approach than standard granulation.
Read ArticleThe Hidden Cost of Plastic Scrap That Never Gets Shredded
Plastic scrap that leaves your facility unprocessed has a cost attached to it that goes beyond the disposal fee. Unprocessed plastic represents lost resin value and missed revenue.
Read ArticleHow In-House Plastic Recycling Reduces Your Carbon Footprint and Raw Material Cost
Every pound of plastic scrap recovered in-house is a pound of virgin resin that does not need to be produced. That equation has a cost and environmental impact worth understanding.
Read ArticleIndustrial Plastic Shredder Buying Guide: Choosing the Right Machine
Every plastic waste stream is different. Pipe is not the same as purge. Bales are not the same as hollow containers. Choosing the wrong industrial shredder costs you in throughput and maintenance.
Read ArticleBeyond Round Pipe: How the ZRS Handles Window Profiles, Conduit, and Specialty Extrusions
The ZRS is called a pipe and profile shredder, and both words in that name matter. Most of the industry conversation focuses on round pipe, but the ZRS handles much more.
Read ArticleHDPE Pipe and the Circular Economy: 600 Million Pounds a Year and the Equipment Behind It
The Plastics Pipe Industry Association reports that over 600 million pounds of post-consumer HDPE are recycled into new pipe every year in the United States.
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