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06 August 2020, 12:02
Recycle Non-recyclable
The story of Odessa-based eco-project is a very good example of how
Ukrainians use all the advantages of Association Agreement with the
European Union. In our #AASuccessStories column today we introduce you
a very small but very creative eco business “Precious Plastic Ukraine”.
These guys, with the support of the EU project, found the way to
utilize the PET plastic, which is not currently processed in Ukraine.
There are only three people currently involved in this business — the
inventor and founder of “Precious Plastic” Yevhen Khlebnikov, his
assistant Kateryna Marushevska and a volunteer Vlad.
Last fall, according to dumskaya.net, “Precious Plastic” received a grant support within the EMBLAS EU project.
“We received financial assistance from the EU for the research on plastic processing, - Yevhen Khlebnikov says. - We’ve calculated the melting point and processing of plastic, set up the technology and are ready now to start production process. It was interesting for us to make something good from completely unusable material. Nobody needs this material, because this type of plastic is not recyclable in Ukraine at the moment”.
Most often, they use plastic tableware and PET bottles. On special equipment it is crushed into crumbs, heated, and then poured into the special forms to get the object inventors need.
“Precious Plastic” now produces a wide variety of recycled plastic products: from art objects and decor items to benches and construction materials. They also managed to establish production of plastic paving slabs. Yevhen Khlebnikov says that inventors in Ukraine have already experimented with paving slabs of plastic waste, but they added sand to its composition. Therefore, the material was not very strong. Experimenting with texture, “Precious Plastic” made two types of paving slabs — smooth and rough surface. The first batch is ready and now Yevhen, together with European researchers from the EMBLAS project, is looking for a place in Odessa where they could lay these paving slabs to test it. They plan to lay out an area of 12 square meters to check the paving slabs quality. If the experience of “Precious Plastic” in the manufacture of paving slabs is successful, Georgian colleagues who are also involved in the EMBLAS project will take it up.
EMBLAS (Environmental Monitoring in the Black Sea) is a project of the European Union, which aims to monitor the Black Sea environment and find the ways to clean it. One of the directions of the project is the processing and utilization of plastic waste, which pollutes the Black Sea.
The publication is created on https://dumskaya.net/ and FB page of “Precious plastic Ukraine”.
Photo - https://dumskaya.net/, FB “Precious plastic”.
Last fall, according to dumskaya.net, “Precious Plastic” received a grant support within the EMBLAS EU project.
“We received financial assistance from the EU for the research on plastic processing, - Yevhen Khlebnikov says. - We’ve calculated the melting point and processing of plastic, set up the technology and are ready now to start production process. It was interesting for us to make something good from completely unusable material. Nobody needs this material, because this type of plastic is not recyclable in Ukraine at the moment”.
Most often, they use plastic tableware and PET bottles. On special equipment it is crushed into crumbs, heated, and then poured into the special forms to get the object inventors need.
“Precious Plastic” now produces a wide variety of recycled plastic products: from art objects and decor items to benches and construction materials. They also managed to establish production of plastic paving slabs. Yevhen Khlebnikov says that inventors in Ukraine have already experimented with paving slabs of plastic waste, but they added sand to its composition. Therefore, the material was not very strong. Experimenting with texture, “Precious Plastic” made two types of paving slabs — smooth and rough surface. The first batch is ready and now Yevhen, together with European researchers from the EMBLAS project, is looking for a place in Odessa where they could lay these paving slabs to test it. They plan to lay out an area of 12 square meters to check the paving slabs quality. If the experience of “Precious Plastic” in the manufacture of paving slabs is successful, Georgian colleagues who are also involved in the EMBLAS project will take it up.
EMBLAS (Environmental Monitoring in the Black Sea) is a project of the European Union, which aims to monitor the Black Sea environment and find the ways to clean it. One of the directions of the project is the processing and utilization of plastic waste, which pollutes the Black Sea.
The publication is created on https://dumskaya.net/ and FB page of “Precious plastic Ukraine”.
Photo - https://dumskaya.net/, FB “Precious plastic”.