Pra World Limited

**Project Overview** This 6-month industrial research project will develop a process to recover an estimated 19m litres of 'unusable' waste waterborne paint, allowing it to be recycled as premium grade, quality-controlled paint additive. The process aims to remove this plastic waste from the household waste stream and make a significant contribution to th...

Improvements in the sustainability of the coatings industry has been on the agenda for a number of years, particularly in the reduction of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Environmental and Health legislation regulating the levels of VOCs in coatings and longer-term emissions of other volatiles has driven a major shift in the coatings industry so that m...

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End-of-Life Tyres (ELTs) are among the most problematic sources of solid waste, due to the large volume consumed & their inherent durability. Incineration, gasification and pyrolysis are three main ELT management routes, with former two being responsible for environmental pollution and negative effect on the circular economy through loss of valuable mater...

Over 300 million litres of paint is sold in the UK every year, with approximately 55 million litres remaining unused. Only 1% of this waste is reused or remanufactured; the rest goes into the domestic waste stream, going into landfill or disposed of as hazardous waste at substantial cost to local authorities. There is currently no technology available for...

Our concept concerns the development of an innovative high performance thermal insulation material that offers thermal conductivity and density approaching that of aerogels but at a cost that competes with PU and EPS foams. Polymer foam insulation such as polyurethane and expanded polystyrene (e.g. Styrofoam) is made by expanding the polymer with a blowin...