CHARACTERIZATION AND PROCESSING OF PLASTICS FROM MINNESOTA'S DEMONSTRATION PROJECT FOR THE RECOVERY OF END-OF-LIFE ELECTRONICS

摘要

In an innovative public/private initiative, the Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance partnered with Sony Electronics, Panasonic Matsushita, Waste Management Asset Recovery Group, and the American Plastics Council, to collect and process end-of-life consumer electronics. Plastics characterization was done by MBA Polymers, Inc. Approximately 700 tons of electronic equipment were collected and processed during the three-month project period. This paper discusses what was learned during the project about processing plastics as well as what resins and contaminants are typically present in the residential electronics stream. In addition, because a specific goal of the project was to evaluate recovered plastics for use in high-end applications, physical properties were obtained on pelletized flame retardant HIPS material from televisions.