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...Ivan Vanherpe's forearm; hunks of black plastic the size of his fist; and twisted strands of wire and fabric, and unidentifiable parts that could be anything from rocks to oil-stained wads of paper.
It is all contained in automotive shredder residue, the remains of junked cars once auto recyclers have claimed what is considered the valuable parts of the vehicle.
"This is polycarbonate, this is rubber,'' Vanherpe pointed out from a mixed pile of scrap during a Sept. 18 interview at Salyp's headquarters. "There's foam. There are a lot of resources here that are just being thrown in a landfill, and people are paying to get rid of it. We have the impression that it is not waste, but it contains money. It contains plastics, it contains foam....
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