Banbury Cleanout Rubber Recycling
Every changeover on your Banbury makes cleanout compound. We take it off your floor, one load or on a standing schedule, and put it back to work as raw material for molded and extruded rubber products.
Cleanout compound is good rubber. It just can’t go back into your batch.
Cleanout rubber, also called mixer cleanout, Banbury cleanout or cleanout compound, is the batch you run through an internal mixer between compounds to carry out what is left of the last one. It is usually NR or SBR based with filler, sometimes EPDM or NBR, and it comes out uncured, as slabs, sheets or wigwag, with traces of the batches it cleaned.
It can’t go into your own product, so it piles up in gaylords and on pallets, or goes to landfill. But it is still uncured rubber, and manufacturers of mats, molded goods and extruded parts can use it as a low-cost raw material.
We work with custom rubber mixing companies and with manufacturers that mix their own compound: tire plants and hose, belt, roofing, automotive and molded goods compounders across the USA and Canada.
Natural rubber mixer cleanout sheets in gaylord boxes
Black and green SBR mixer cleanout rubber sheets wrapped on pallets
EPDM cleanout rubber sheets in a gaylord boxCleanout from any polymer, black or colored.
NR cleanout
Natural rubber cleanout sheets and slabs, the most common cleanout batch.
SBR cleanout
SBR based cleanout, black or colored, from compounding lines.
EPDM and NBR cleanout
Synthetic cleanout from EPDM, nitrile, neoprene and butyl mixing.
Mixed or unknown
Not sure of the base polymer, or cleanout from several lines in one gaylord? Send photos.
Off-spec batches
Batches that missed spec, excess compound and masterbatch without a cure pack.
Scrap you can’t reuse
Cured trim, flash and rejected parts go through our closed-loop program instead.
From cleanout pile to pickup.
Send photos
Close-ups plus one photo of the stock, the base polymer if you know it, how it is packed and how much you make each week or month.
Get an offer
We quote each load from your photos and details.
We schedule the truck
One-off pickups or a standing schedule that matches your production, anywhere in the USA and Canada.
Cleanout leaves your plant as a raw material, not a waste stream.
Turn cleanout into revenue
Cleanout compound has value as uncured rubber. We make you an offer for every load.
Free up floor space
Regular pickups keep cleanout from stacking up beside your mixers and in your warehouse.
Keep it out of landfill
Your cleanout becomes mats, molded goods and extruded parts instead of disposal cost.
Pack it the way you already do
Gaylords, boxes or wrapped pallets. Keep metal, paper and plastic out and we handle the rest.
Other material we take, and where it goes.
Cleanout is one of several uncured streams we take from mixing and manufacturing plants. The same material is available to buyers as mixer cleanout rubber.
Cleanout piling up beside your mixers?
Send us a few photos and how much you make. We come back with an offer and a pickup date.
Get an offer for your cleanoutBuilt for clear decisions.
What is Banbury cleanout rubber?+
An uncured rubber batch run through a Banbury or other internal mixer between compounds to clean out the last batch. It picks up traces of that batch, so it can’t go into your product, but it is still usable uncured rubber.
Who produces cleanout compound?+
Custom rubber mixing companies, and manufacturers that mix their own compound: tire, hose, belt, roofing, automotive and molded goods plants. Any plant that changes compounds on an internal mixer makes cleanout.
Do you take colored or mixed-polymer cleanout?+
Yes. Black, colored and mixed cleanout all have a use. Tell us the base polymer if you know it; if not, photos are enough to start.
How should we pack it?+
However you pack it today: gaylords, boxes or wrapped pallets. Keep it free of metal, paper, plastic and floor sweepings.
How much do we need?+
We take one-off lots and set up recurring pickups. A few gaylords can be combined into a load; tell us what you make each month.
Do you take cured scrap too?+
Yes, through our closed-loop program: cured trim, flash and rejected parts are processed back into a usable compound. Closed-loop rubber recycling