PROTOMAX AND ERMAFA

PROTOMAX Plastics Ltd is renowned for its advanced technologies, transforming traditionally non-recyclable materials into reusable resources.

Their innovative processes involve:
Closed-Loop Systems These systems ensure that the entire lifecycle of materials is managed sustainably, from processing to reintroducing recycled materials into the market. Thus, landfill waste is reduced, and natural resources are conserved.

Versatile Material Processing:
PROTOMAX’s technology can handle many materials, including mixed plastics, multilayer packaging, and other hard-to-recycle materials, making it a versatile solution for many industries.
(Featured product our stand will be predominantly made from the below.)

Storm Board: An Innovative, Sustainable Alternative to Plywood
Storm Board, developed using Protomax Plastics Ltd.’s cutting-edge board-making technology, is an environmentally sound alternative to traditional plywood. Designed to meet the needs of the construction and building development industries, Storm Board offers a sustainable solution that remains recyclable at the end of its life cycle.

Key Features and Benefits

Environmental Sustainability
Recycled Materials: Storm Board is made from recycled plastics, significantly reducing the need for virgin materials and the associated environmental impact.
Recyclable at End of Life: Unlike conventional plywood, which often ends up in landfills, Storm Board can be fully recycled at the end of its use, contributing to a circular economy.
Durability and Performance
Water and Weather Resistance: Storm Board is inherently resistant to water, moisture, and harsh weather conditions, making it an ideal choice for outdoor applications and environments where traditional plywood would degrade.
Rot and Pest Resistance: The board is impervious to rot, and pests, ensuring long-term durability and reducing maintenance costs.

Versatility:
Wide Range of Applications: It is suitable for various construction applications, including hoarding, roofing, wall sheathing, and temporary structures.
Customisable: Available in different sizes, thicknesses, and colours to meet specific project requirements, this product offers flexibility to builders and developers.
Advantages over Traditional Plywood
Longevity: Storm Board is more resistant to environmental factors and has a longer lifespan than plywood, resulting in lower replacement costs.
Safety: Free from the splinters and sharp edges commonly found in traditional plywood, Storm Board improves on-site safety.

Sustainability:
Using recycled materials and being recyclable, Storm Board significantly reduces environmental impact, supporting green building initiatives and sustainability certifications.

Conclusion
Protomax Plastics Ltd.’s innovative technology represents a significant leap forward in sustainable building materials. Their innovation and openness to collaborate with ERMAFA is changing the face of sustainable solutions. The combination of environmental benefits, superior durability, and versatility makes Protomax the right choice for change.

ERMAFA

ERMAFA EET is a leader in innovative mechanical recycling solutions, focusing on the efficient and effective processing of waste materials and energy reduction in sustainability practices that are difficult to recycle/change through traditional methods. Their key innovations include:

BACS system
The BACS system by ERMAFA exemplifies a cutting-edge solution in the recycling industry, addressing the complexities of processing and enhancing traditionally difficult-to-recycle materials. Its combination of advanced blending and compounding technologies, energy efficiency, and high-quality output makes it a pivotal innovation for the circular economy and can be used across many industries. Those of particular interest that will be featured at the event include Battery recycling, vape recycling, and new innovations to be announced on the stand.

MACS (Machine Autoclave Cutting Sterilisation)

offers significant economic and environmental benefits. By neutralising potential hazards directly on-site, it eliminates the need for costly transport and high incineration fees associated with hazardous waste disposal.

Key Benefits
Economic Savings: Avoids the expense of transporting hazardous waste and the fees for incineration.
Environmental Impact: Reduces carbon footprint by processing waste on-site and minimises the need for hazardous waste transport.

How It Works
Mechanical Shredding: Hazardous waste is shredded to reduce size and enhance sterilisation efficiency.
Sterilisation: The shredded waste is sterilised in a controlled atmosphere, completely neutralising harmful pathogens.

Applications
MACS is ideal for various facilities that produce hazardous and infectious waste, including:
Hospitals and Medical Practices
Laboratories and Veterinarian Facilities
Military Services
Airports, Hotels, and Cruise Ships
These settings benefit from MACS's efficient, safe, and eco-friendly waste treatment process, converting hazardous waste into harmless residual waste for disposal.

Other innovations include:
Green Energy
Bauxite Recycling
Plasma Technology

Protomax Plastics has announced the release of BACS – which aims to tackle the “complexities” of vape recycling.

The machine – a collaboration between Protomax and Ermafa – is said to be able to process vapes, but also mobile phones, tablets and electric vehicle batteries.

The four-shaft shredder handles cutting in an “inert atmosphere, eliminating the need for hazardous manual methods”. The extraction of electrolytes and liquids is said to be “meticulously controlled”.

Reuse

Once processed, the materials are “ready for recovery”, with components such as aluminium, plastic, silicone, copper, black mass and cables said to be “primed for reuse”.

Protomax Plastics said that the BACS incorporates an exhaust management system with scrubbers and active carbon filters, “ensuring emissions meet stringent EU standards”.

A spokesperson for Protomax Plastics said: “The BACS represents a technological achievement and a commitment to environmental stewardship and innovation.

“While we navigate regulatory landscapes, rest assured, the BACS stands ready to revolutionise vape recycling, one puff at a time.”

It's Milan Design Week and the Salone del Mobile is in full swing, so the chips are down, who can come up with the most original sustainable installation? Recycling Association Corepla and brilliant architect and designer Rossana Orlandi decide to highlight the plastic waste problem and take it a step further - they offer a solution, upcycling the mixed waste plastics into usable materials.

Corepla fished mixed plastic waste form the River Po, along with post consumer plastic and sent it to Storm Board. We created boards from the waste that replace plywood and mdf commonly used in exhibitions and intallations. With all the advantages of a tough waterproof board Corepla's installation turned an emergency shelter into a Milanese style work of art. Thousands of loacals and visitors to the Via Solferino will wallk through the Storm Board arches this week.

Rossana's team set the boards up in the National Science Museum where it is part of the Guiltless Plastic display. A celebration of designers ideas for the use of waste plastic.

How it was done: you tube

Protomax invented the P2 process to enable people to build structures from waste plastic, rather than cutting down trees. Often where wood, concrete and traditional building products are scarce there is an abundance of waste plastic that can be converted into houses.

Storm Board is a weatherproof board made from waste plastic. There is no need to paint/ plaster/ render or use expensive framework to build a shelter.

Protomax are building a shelter from Ocean Waste, collected by Waste Free Oceans,WFO , at the Circular Economy Show, Ecomondo, in Rimini from 6-9 November: ecomondo

Join Protomax and join the circular economy, use waste to help....

For more info email: info@protomax.net

youtube: e-shelter

Protomax's emergency shelter design, the 'e home' which can be used by refugees and victims of disaters such as floods and earthquakes, has been featured on BBC TV.

Using just our unique recycled plastic panels a 17m2 warm, dry and spacious shelter can be built in hours replacing the temporary tents currently used and get people safe in disaster-struck areas.

In the long term we hope to install our unique machinery producing these panels into relief areas turning their waste into homes and creating a thriving local economy.

Watch the video here

Our NEC exhibition at Grand Designs Live on Kevin McCloud's Green Heroes stand was an overwhelming success.

Attracting more than 70,000 visitors over four days it was the perfect way to introduce people to our innovative technology and products.

Stormboard, our 100% recycled waste plastic board, is a credible alternative to plywood, chipboard and MDF, plus we announced at the show that Travis Perkins are now stocking the board!

Each year Kevin McCloud of Grand Designs fame, hand picks a selection of the best eco-innovations in the market place. Protomax are proud to have been selected and will be exhibiting on Kevin McCloud's Green Heroes platform at the heart of Grand Designs Live 2015. Dates are October 8th - 11th at Birmingham NEC, please visit us.