Ningbo Cixi: "Turning Waste into Treasure" Boosts Global High end Market

Correspondents Ma Xinying and Chen Zheyin report

Recently, in the factory area of Ningbo Helong New Materials Co., Ltd., trucks were queuing up to load goods, preparing to send batches of outdoor flooring to the Australian market. These floors look no different from high-end solid wood, but the raw materials come from waste wind turbine blades - this is the green innovation achievement of Helong New Materials Co., Ltd.
Entering the production workshop of Helong New Materials Company, the crushing, modification, extrusion, and molding production lines operate in an orderly manner. By utilizing self-developed modified composite technology, enterprises can recycle and reuse discarded wind turbine blades. This not only solves the problems of difficult disassembly, degradation, and high disposal costs of wind turbine blades, but also enables product performance to surpass traditional wood plastic materials, making it more suitable for scenarios such as sea view houses and high-end residences that require high material corrosion resistance.
Our newly developed composite flooring has significantly improved rigidity and weather resistance, with a product lifespan of up to 25 years. By turning industrial solid waste into high-end building materials that meet international standards, we not only maintain our green bottom line but also expand our overseas market, "said Ma Qingjiang, Chairman of Helong New Materials.
In the Cixi Binhai Economic Development Zone, a "resource revolution" about textile waste is also unfolding simultaneously. In the production workshop of Ningbo Yimu Yisen New Materials Co., Ltd., piles of waste fabrics are sorted, crushed, and mixed with safe and formaldehyde free MDI adhesive, and then hot pressed into dense and flat recycled fiberboard at high temperature.
There are a large number of clothing and fabric production enterprises in the Ningbo region, but the utilization rate of waste spinning has always been low. We have developed the 'waste spinning instead of wood' technology and built the first automated production line for waste spinning fiber recycled boards in China. We harmless process blended waste and produce waterproof, corrosion-resistant, formaldehyde free and environmentally friendly imitation wood boards. "Zhang Xinyu, General Manager of Yimu Yisen, introduced," Waste spinning recycling adopts a fully physical method, with no carbon or exhaust emissions throughout the process, which not only reduces raw material costs, but also conforms to the international low-carbon trend. Last year, we successfully opened up the Dutch market, and this year we expect to further increase orders
In recent years, guided by the "dual carbon" goal, Ningbo enterprises have opened up the path of solid waste resource utilization through technological innovation, exploring a complete industrial chain of "waste recycling resource regeneration high value-added product manufacturing global sales". Cixi Customs, a subsidiary of Ningbo Customs, accurately matches the development needs of enterprises, implements the "one enterprise, one policy" assistance mechanism, promotes international green rules such as EU REACH regulations and carbon footprint accounting, answers difficult questions encountered in product classification and customs inspection, and helps enterprises break down green trade barriers and go global in compliance and stability.
At present, Cixi City has established 385 three-star and above green factories. In response to these green factories, the customs will continue to optimize and assist enterprises, focus on the pain points and difficulties encountered in enterprise exports, strengthen technical and trade measures to respond to guidance and policy empowerment, and escort more low-carbon and green products to sail overseas, "said the relevant person in charge of Cixi Customs.