Dating to 1975, this color movie was produced as part of an EPA initiative to document a wet pulping process used for the recovery, recycling and disposal of municipal solid waste. The demonstration $2 million facility constructed by the Black Clawson Co. in Littletown, Ohio. It consisted of three major systems: hydrasposal, fibre recovery, and glass and aluminum recovery.
The movie opens on a street in a suburb as men collect the trash. About half (50%) of the trash collected in America is paper :36. The trash arrives at the municipal, sanitary landfill :47. This trash rots, blows away and can cause a serious health threat 1:00. Black Clawson has developed a wet system which provides a method of reclaiming paper fibre, glass and metal so they can be recycled into our economy. The Back Clawson Company presents, Hydrasposal Fibreclaim. Solid Waste Systems for Municipalities and Industry. A front loader scoops up trash at the dump 2:15. A schematic diagram of the pilot Hydrasposal Fibreclaim plan in Middletown, Ohio 2:46. Junk remover, screw thickener and the tank in the background – just some of the equipment used in the recycling system 3:20. The components associated with the Fibreclaim system 3:35. Paper mills screens and cleaners 3:39. At the input end of the pilot plan, refuse is collected and put onto a conveyor belt which supplies material to the Hydropulper at the rate of 1 ton per hour 3:46. This is residential trash 4:00. Familiar items like plastic bags enter the Hydropulper 4:20. As items fall into the vortex, they are dispersed almost immediately 4:49. Items that are not ground-up such as metal, cans, rocks and bones are ejected out of the side of the pulper or through a chute 5:18. Most of the metal is rejected by the pulper and at this point and can be analyzed for metal reclamation 5:27. 10% of the original refuse has been removed by this point in the system 5:45. The liquid cyclone and fibre ring screen are shown on the chart 5:57. The collection chamber of a liquid cyclone yields clean chunks of glass and aluminum free from all organic materials 6:23. The slurry that is created continues on to a de-fibering screen 6:30. Fibre is separated at this point in the process 6:48. The material then gets to the dilution tank 6:57. The next stop is the selectifier screen which moves any more material which is undesirable to the paper stock 7:23. It then goes to centrifugal cleaners which remove most of the inorganic material that remains 7:42. The refuse travels to an inclined screw thickener where much of the moisture is removed 8:30. The inorganic material is sent to be burned in a fluid bed reactor 8:42. The reactor is safe and more than meets the federal air-pollution standards 8:50. The sidehill screen is where paper fibres are collected 9:00. “V” Press thickener 10:25. The fibres will be recycled back into the paper economy 9:45. In conclusion the goal of the Hydrasposal Fibreclaim system is not the disposal of waste. Instead, it is to collect the useless, land polluting trash of our cities and recycle it back into the economy 10:05. This results in useful raw materials for the American economy and a cleaner America. Hydrasposal and Fibreclaim are trademarks of the Black Clawson Company Middletown, Ohio.
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