The first silicone rubber recycling plant in the United States has completed phase one of development. Having just begun in 2018, ECO USA’s pilot facility has undergone tremendous growth. It can currently recycle approximately 500 metric tons of silicone monthly and have plans for reaching 1,000 met...
Most people do not know that silicone rubber can be recycled. As it is often thrown away as waste, silicone rubber that is no longer useful is often referred to as "silicone rubber scrap". By definition, scrap is a small piece or amount of something, especially one that is left over after the greate...
ECO USA collects and recycles surplus and expired silicone sealant and caulk in liquid or solid form. These can also be referred to as "room temperature vulcanizing" silicone rubber, RTV for short. RTVs are widely used as water-resistant seals at home for kitchens and bathrooms. Silicone RTV is also...
ECO USA collects and recycles expired silicone fluids and oils. This includes a variety of silicone fluids for various applications including silicone transformer oils, silicone emulsions, silicone based heat transfer fluids, and more. We also collect other expired silicone liquids such as liquid si...
We collect all types and brands of surplus or expired liquid silicone rubber (LSR) for recycling. We work closely with numerous silicone molders around the country and collect both cured and uncured silicone rubber in full and partial drums. Often times, the expired liquid silicone rubber we collect...
Commonly labelled as a "cyclomethicone" or "cyclosiloxane", D4 and D5 (octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane and decamethylcyclopentasiloxane repectively) are common ingredients in the cosmetic industry and as raw materials in the production of silicone polymers. In cosmetics, D4 and D5 are used in small qua...
ECO USA collects and recycles all types of silicone based specialty chemicals. As our recycling process is quite robust, we collect many types of expired and surplus silanes, siloxanes, and dimethicones. These are silicone based liquids we use as raw materials for recycling into polydimethylsiloxane...
1. Introduction
Uncured silicone rubber contains polymers of different chain lengths. It always comprises a principal silicon-oxygen chain (the siloxane backbone) and an organic moiety bound to the silicon. A silicon atom has four valence electrons, that is the reason why the silicone rubber is o...
1. Introduction
Duratherm S is a silicone based fluid that is ideally suited for high oxidation or completely exposed systems. Duratherm S is virtually stable to oxidation at temperatures under 204°C (400°F) and offers superior protection from fluid degradation.
Duratherm S is best suited for...