Recyclable to the Core

All sheet metal products used by CENTRIA are 100 percent recyclable. But you may be surprised to know that Formawall's rigid HCFC-free foam insulation is just as resourceful.

Since CENTRIA Formawall panels have an expected useful life of 60 years. Formawall panels have not been in existence long enough for CENTRIA to implement a recovery program after product decommissioning. However, continuing research helps determine sustainable end of life options for foam. The rigid foam used in CENTRIA Formawall is currently recyclable by the following methods:

• Regrind and rebond, which allows recycling into synthetic flooring and furniture
• Hydrolysis and Glycosis, which reduces the foam to its original molecular components for recycling to the petro-chemical industry
• Aminolysis, which is still in the early development stages, describes the reaction of PUR/PIR foam with amines under pressure and at an elevated temperature to produce useful chemicals.
• Pyrolysis, which is the process of heating the PUR/PIR foam in an oxygen-free environment to produce gases, oils and solids useful as fuel or reducing agents in blast furnaces.
• Hydrogenation, which is a refinement of the pyrolysis approach that produces even more pure gases and oils through a combination of heat, pressure and hydrogen gas.