Rigid cross-linked interpenetrated network polyvinyl chloride (PVC) foams are widely used as core materials in the composite industry. Nevertheless, no recycling methods exist today for these materials that are currently landfilled at the end of life (EoL). In this work, various amounts of EoL PVC cross-linked foams in the form of chips were mixed with ethylene-propylene diene monomer (EPDM) rubber and carbon black (CB) at 60 C for 15 min. The obtained rubber mixtures were vulcanized at 160 C for 20 min to create compacted square sheets of EPDM-CB-PVC composites using compression molding technique. Tensile tests revealed a progressive increase in modulus of EPDM-CB with increasing PVC content while a subsequent decrease of the elongation-atbreak values of the composites was noticed. Scanning electron microscopy revealed a homogeneous dispersion of PVC particles with the EPDM-CB matrix.

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