Green Chemistry & Patent Information: Patent No. 9,303,134
Green Chemistry solutions:
Green Chemistry is a chemical philosophy encouraging the design of products and processes that reduce or eliminate the use and generation of hazardous substances. ECOsight is a research and development organization focusing on the development of sustainable Green Chemistry technologies.
End of Life solutions:
ECOsight’s Eco-Separation Process (ESP) technology provides an environmentally conscious process for the re-harvesting of valuable commodities from scrap tires. ECOsight’s ESP solution 1) uses less energy and eliminates toxic gasses typically created as a result of incineration methods, 2) allows waste take-back organizations to cost effectively separate and process end of life tire waste, 3) allows waste take-back organizations to turn waste streams from end of life products into new sources of commodities and revenues.
ECOsight’s ESP-T project focuses on reducing scrap tire stockpiles by recycling scrap tires in an environmentally friendly manner using green chemistry methods. ECOsight’s ESP-T technology recycles used tire material for material re-use and re-sale on the commodities market.
A key aspect of our research is concentrated on the development of benign solvents to replace volatile organic compounds (VOCs). VOCs are used in today's industrial manufacturing processes to dissolve, mix and separate chemicals. This results in hazardous substances being put into the atmosphere or ground water through incineration and/or disposal. ECOsight’s activities include research, design and development of benign Green Chemistry technologies that reduce or eliminate these hazardous waste streams.
Patent Information:
ECOsight’s patented technology provides for sustainable, commercially viable, scalable Green Chemistry separation of used tires has been advancing for the past nine years. ECOsight now holds a newly approved full utility patent for tire recycling using Green Chemistry technology.
This technology is designed to be a profitable solution for the management of used tires, with applications including:
- Recapture of valuable commodity materials
- Reduction of environmental hazards of traditional tire recycling
- Reduction of scrap tires in landfills
Solutions may include:
- Waste as resource for competitive advantage for tire companies
- Recycling waste into commodity materials for plastics companies
- Corporate stewardship for environmentally friendly methods of recycling tire scrap
About ECOsight:
ECOsight was founded in 2007 and is a 100% female-owned business. Its founder has over 20 years of experience in end of life environmental directives that affect domestic and international companies. ECOsight’s research for scrap tire recycling was performed under a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with the US Air Force Academy in Colorado using state of the art labs and resources, all with the goal of designing green process technologies as a cost effective solution to current toxic processing of tire waste.