purgas de plásticos

English translation: plastic scraps

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Spanish term or phrase:purgas de plásticos
English translation:plastic scraps
Entered by: Wendy Gosselin

12:09 May 6, 2019
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Manufacturing
Spanish term or phrase: purgas de plásticos
This is actually from a text by a Mexican artist who works with waste produced in factories near the US border:

…Enfundado en unos guantes de látex empezó mi aventura de inmersión en un mar de materiales: cartuchos de tóner de fax usado, pedazos de gamuza, purgas de plásticos y otros objetos que hasta la fecha desconozco para qué sirven.

Plastic waste??
Thanks
Wendy Gosselin
Argentina
Local time: 18:10
plastic scraps
Explanation:
purga
Restos que se eliminan en determinadas operaciones industriales.

This refers to the pieces of waste plastic that are put through a grinder or shredder for recycling:
Plastic purge shredder and crusher (trituradora de purgas de plasticos ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGyeX0xh1Ak

I'm not sure about the use of "purge", and as this is for an art translation, not a technical manual, I think scraps is an option.

Plastic Scraps - Business Recycling
https://businessrecycling.com.au/recycle/plastic-scraps
Plastic scraps are often left over from manufacturing and packaging processes in a number of industries. By recycling these scraps this can reduce the reliance ...
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Marie Wilson
Spain
Local time: 22:10
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plastic scraps


Explanation:
purga
Restos que se eliminan en determinadas operaciones industriales.

This refers to the pieces of waste plastic that are put through a grinder or shredder for recycling:
Plastic purge shredder and crusher (trituradora de purgas de plasticos ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGyeX0xh1Ak

I'm not sure about the use of "purge", and as this is for an art translation, not a technical manual, I think scraps is an option.

Plastic Scraps - Business Recycling
https://businessrecycling.com.au/recycle/plastic-scraps
Plastic scraps are often left over from manufacturing and packaging processes in a number of industries. By recycling these scraps this can reduce the reliance ...

Marie Wilson
Spain
Local time: 22:10
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 32
Grading comment
thanks

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rebecca Breekveldt
2 hrs
  -> Thanks, Rebecca :-)

agree  neilmac
3 hrs
  -> Thanks, Neil:-)

agree  Robert Carter: I agree with your reasoning about not using "purge" in this context, but since the source does use "purga", which is no less a specialized term in Spanish, it might actually be better to go with that instead.
6 hrs
  -> Thanks, Robert. I gave an alternative because I'm not sure about the use of purge in this context, as most examples of "plastic purge" I found were on the lines of "let's go green and plastic purge ".
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