Method for treatment of waste latex

A method for treating a liquid containing waste latex, the method comprising:

• a. delivering the liquid from a source continuously through a first elongated pipe while adding a first reagent to the liquid containing waste latex to cause the formation of waste latex flocs of a first size;
• b. delivering the liquid containing waste latex flocs of the first size from the first elongated pipe into a second elongated pipe while adding a second reagent to the liquid containing waste latex flocs of the first size to cause growth of the waste latex flocs of the first size into separable waste latex flocs;
• c. delivering the liquid containing separable waste latex flocs from the second elongated pipe at low shear conditions to prevent size reduction of the separable waste latex flocs, into a filtration system comprised of a first filter including a housing, a displaceable filter medium, and first and second sets of displacement actuators disposed between the housing and the displaceable filter medium;
• d. separating the separable waste latex flocs within the filtration system into a waste latex sludge and a first filtrate;
• e. performing a first portion of dewatering the waste latex sludge by manipulating the sludge by actuating the first set of displacement actuators, and performing a second portion of dewatering the waste latex sludge by manipulating the sludge by actuating the second set of displacement actuators to produce a waste latex solid and a second filtrate.