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How to 
select
soustainable
plastic

Every brand (including cosmetics, cars, fashion sport equipment, furniture and design) to name a few, is running fast to find new materials for their goods

Selecting sustainable polymers is challenging.
every industry has their specific needs while external
demands, regulations, customer needs and cost pressure might seem cintraddictory.

In addition, limited access to resources and testing facilities often slows down progress

PLASTIC SELECTION
AS A WORLD OF PROBLEMS AND MISUNDERSTANDINGS

The headlines today are filled with stories about microplastics saturating the Ocean, contaminating sea life and consequently being ingested by our own children

From this state of affairs, speed becomes essential in finding a viable solution, but only when combined with systematic understanding and commercial capability to drive change

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Some companies belive is enough to re-think the essential technical performance of materials and products - avoiding "over-specification", and instead search for a better fit from mass produced polymers.

Other companies may select a tailored materials
solution, such as customized polymer blends or plastic compounds.

What is required to move faster?

The goal is to find materials that fulfil the required technical performance and improve sustainability in accordance with the company's strategy, ranging from carbon or water footprint, recycled content, bio-based content to maximized product durability

POLIPLASTIC has the Solution

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Polyamide Compounds

THE OPERATIONAL APPROACH:
Find the right source to supply a high quality recycled polyamide on the market

 

THE COMPLETE CIRCULAR APPROACH:
Support customers in a complete circular economy: recycle their scraps and trasforms them into a ready to use granules

 

Sources

Individuate and select post consume sources.
Supply chain contracts

Production Step 1

Colour selection and densification

Production Step 2

Regrinding and homogenization

Production step 3

Material formulation and compounding

Laboratory

Laboratory test and certificate analysis

Market

Selling the product on the worldwide market

Green-Recycled-Zero-Waste
The Operational Approach

The Complete Circular Approach

Customer

From customer scraps

Production step 1

Densification

Production step 2

Regrinding and homogenization

Production step 3

Customized formulated
compound

Laboratory

Laboratory test and certificate of analysis

Final Customer

To customer finished material

Polyamide
PA66

Scraps from monofilment

Scraps from fabrics

Scraps from selcted reganuled materials

Glass fiber

Viscosity control

Additives

SPECIAL POLYAMIDE
Through use of additives, fillers,pigments, materials suits customerrequirements.

Main Features:
-High strength and stiffness
-High heat deflaction temperature
-Good abrasion and surface slip (friction)      properties
-Good electrical properties
-Economic processing
 

Polyamide
PA12

Scraps from tubes

Scraps from eye glasses

Scraps from selcted reganuled materials

Viscosity control

Additives

HIGH PERFORMANCE POLYAMIDE
can be processed using a range ofdifferent methods such as injection-moulding and extrusion.
Through use of additives, fillers,pigments, plasticisers, modifiersmaterials suits customer requirements.


Main Features:
-High trasparency
-Good chemical resistance
-Low density
-Low moisture absorption
-Good flexural banding strenght
-Impact resistance grades
-High heat distortion temperature

Polyamide
PA6.10

Scraps from monofilment

Scraps from filters

Scraps from selcted reganuled materials

Viscosity control

Additives

RENEWABLE BIO-POLYAMIDE
Especially well suited for applicationswhich are exposed to hightemperatures.

Main Features:
-Use of renewable basic raw materials
-low water absorption and good dimensional stability compared to PA6 or PA66
-Good resistance to chemicals andweathering
-High melting point of 215°C
-Easy to process

Polyamide
AMORPHOUS

Scraps from automotive

Scraps from eye glasses

Scraps from selcted reganuled materials

Viscosity control

Additives

TRANSPARENT POLYAMIDE
High chemical and stress crack resistance combined with excellent crystal color

Main Features:
-High trasparency
-good chemical resistance
-Low density
-Low moisture absorption
-Good flexural bending strenght
-high heat distortion temperature

Stage 6

the circle is closed,the customer starts production and sets
aside the scraps to restart the cycle.

Stage 5

OUTPUT: ready to use compound

Stage 1

INPUT: Customer selected scraps

Stage 2

Productuion of semi-finished compounds

Stage 3

Production of a ready to use compound following customer needs (colours, additives, fillers, viscosity)

Stage 4

laboratory test andcertificate of analysis

ask for advice on how to activate the complete recycling of your products and request a first test sample

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