A system and method for creating and collecting magnetic microplastics effectively combines magnetic material with plastics during their manufacture, thereby producing microplastics that can be easily collected via removal devices equipped with magnetic components. Magnetic particles are mixed with plastic/rubber resins during manufacturing of tires, roofing materials, and other plastic items. The magnetic particles can be made from natural or artificial magnets. After mixing, the partially-magnetic rubber/plastic result can be applied to areas of the manufactured plastic item that have the highest propensity to degrade into microplastic pollutants. For example, the thread of a tire, where friction with the road causes most of the wear, is an optimal location for integration of magnetic particles. When the plastics break down into microplastics, the microplastics can then be collected with magnets. The collected microplastics can then be removed from the magnetic collectors during routine maintenance and subsequently recycled safely.


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    Title :

    System and Method for Creating and Collecting Magnetic Microplastics


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    Publication date :

    2021-09-23


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B03C Magnetische oder elektrostatische Trennung fester Stoffe von festen Stoffen oder flüssigen oder gasförmigen Medien , MAGNETIC OR ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS FROM SOLID MATERIALS OR FLUIDS / B05D PROCESSES FOR APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL , Verfahren zum Aufbringen von Flüssigkeiten oder von anderen fließfähigen Stoffen auf Oberflächen allgemein / B09B DISPOSAL OF SOLID WASTE , Beseitigung von festem Abfall / B60C VEHICLE TYRES , Fahrzeugreifen / C02F Behandlung von Wasser, Schmutzwasser, Abwasser oder von Abwasserschlamm , TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE / E04D ROOF COVERINGS , Dacheindeckungen



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