Plastic & Metal Recycling

METAL

Recycling Villa is the business line dedicated to the comprehensive management of metallic waste for recycling and recovery of metal, ferric and non-ferric scrap. Recycling Villa obtains its flows of scrap from its own treatment plants following its processes, or through the flows of purchase and collection that its ha consolidated in both the national and international markets.

The metal recycling process is similar to the usual recycling process. The metals are first sorted on the basis or their properties. It is, however, important to have a basic understanding or knowledge about metals. This will help in recycling them and keeping a green environment. The metal recycling process follows the following steps.

1. Collection

This is the first and most important step in metal recycling. It simply involves collecting all materials that are made of metals. This process should be organized in such a way that there should be containers specifically designed to collect metals.

2. Sorting

Once the metals have been collected, the next important step is to sort the metals. This involves separating what can be recycled form what is non-recyclable. It is essential to point out that the quality of metal recycled is very important.

3. Processing

After sorting, the next step is to compact or squeeze the metal. All the recycled materials are squeezed and squashed using machines so that they do not occupy so much space in the conveyor belts.

4. Shredding

After the crushing and breaking of the metal, the shredding process starts. The metals are broken down into tiny pieces or sheets to allow further processing. The small pieces have a large surface to volume ratio that can be melted using less energy as compared to when they are in large pieces of metal. Normally, steel is changed into steel blocks while, on the other hand, aluminium is converted into sheets.

5. Melting and Purification

Melting of the scrap metal takes place in a large furnace. Each metal is taken to a furnace that is specifically designed to melt that particular metal based on its specific properties. The melting process uses a considerable amount of energy. However, the energy required for melting recycled metal is less compared to the energy required to make metal from its raw material.

6. Purification

After the melting process is complete, the next step is the purification process. Metals are purified using different methods. Purification of metals is done to ensure that the final product is free of impurities and that it is of high quality. Electrolysis is one of the methods of purifying metals.

7. Melting and Solidifying of the Metal

After the purification process, the molten metal is then carried by the conveyor belt to a cooling chamber where it is cooled and solidified. It is at this stage that the scrap metal is made into a solid metal that can be used again. Other chemicals are then added into the molten metal to make it acquire its density and other properties.

8. Transportation of the Metal Bars

Once the bars have been designed and made, the final product is then packed depending on their sizes and shapes ready for transportation to different factories and to people who require the metal. Thereafter, the cycle begins again.

PLASTIC

We benefit from the synergy of the flows generated following the production processes at our plants, so that R-Villa PLASTIC's business line is in charge of properly segregating and classifying all plastic fractions by typology and specification. Following this classification, all the fractions obtained are directed to the Authorized Manager, guaranteeing both traceability from the origin and “Downstream”, so that R-villa internal methodology and identification systems are implemented a cross the whole network.

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