Polymer recycling
Essential Ingredients for Upcycling of Polypropylene
Improve the properties of recycled polyolefins with Perkadox® PM* and Trigonox® 501*
The issues being debated daily in the recycling industry are many. While brand owners are committing to bold recycled content claims and legislations are being developed to push for recycling and establish governance, problems such as quality and availability of recyclate could hinder the development of this industry.
We identified 3 main issues:
1.Post Consumer Recyclate (PCR) is only available with a restricted MFI range
2.Properties of PCR are inferior to virgin plastics
3.PCR is an inconsistent mixture with wide Molecular Weight distribution (MWd)
We provide solutions for all three issues, bringing to the recycling industry not only improved quality and availability of recyclate but also higher flexibility and more opportunities. In fact, our products enable recyclers to produce many polypropylene grades from available waste streams. Moreover they give recyclers and compounders the possibility to expand the range of applications.
Our products are used at the end of the Mechanical Recycling process, during the extrusion step. Activated by temperature, they decompose to generate reactive radicals that modify the recyclate. Only traces of their presence are left in the final recyclate, at levels of only parts per million, (ppm level) allowing 100% recycled content claims.
*available as formulations
We are the global leader in the production of organic peroxides for the polymer, rubber and resin industry. Markets worldwide rely on our essential chemistry, our global production footprint and safety expertise to enable the Polymer life cycle.
With our technology recyclers have the opportunity of producing a large range of recycled polypropylene products for the most diverse applications, expanding their market reach to high-end applications for which virgin PP was usually preferred.
We continuously develop new products and innovate to meet the needs of the recycling market.
Our product offering for the MFI modification of polypropylene:
| MFI UP ⇑ | |
| Trigonox 501-CS40 | 1,2,4,5,7,8-Hexoxonane, 3,6,9-trimethyl-3,6,9-tris (Et and Pr) |
| Trigonox 301 | 3,6,9,-Triethyl-3,6,9-trimethyl-1,4,7-triperoxonane |
| Trigonox 101 | 2,5-Dimethyl-2,5-di(tert-butylperoxy)hexane |
| Perkadox 14 | Di(tert-butylperoxyisopropyl)benzene(s) |
| MFI DOWN ⇓ | |
| Perkadox PM-W75 | Di(4-methylbenzoyl) peroxide |
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For more information, please contact our experts about polymer recycling. We look forward to hearing from you.
