Post consumer waste collection

Vinyloop Ferrara and Kobelco Vinyloop East need sources of raw material that are available (collected) in quantities sufficient enough to run.

Post consumer waste is generally disseminated. Fortunately some collection schemes exist, like for post consumer membranes (Roofcollect in Europe), windows (Rewindo, Germany), rigid building waste (RecoVinyl, Europe) or agricultural sheets (Japan).
The existing systems need to grow, while others still need to be conceived.

Users for recyclates

Processing post industrial waste is well known to industry. Such recycled materials are of known origin and composition and their processing is under control.

But this is not the case for the post consumer waste that Vinyloop regenerates. Their exact composition can be guessed at, but not precisely known. Moreover they are made in obsolete compound formulations because the material was processed 10, 20, 30 years ago.

The recycling industry is building confidence for processors in recyclates, by working on product norms or specifications, in building up product quality control systems.

Progressively, due to the scarcity and price of fresh material, processors will need to diversify their raw material sources, and adapt to recycled materials.