Recovery of polyolefin wastes, especially polyethylene and polypropylene for recycling, involves preparing waste for agglomeration and the addition of plasticizer or elastomer

摘要

The raw waste is shredded and/or crushed. It is then agglomerated. It is mixed before, during or after agglomeration with a plasticizer and/or an elastomeric charge. The resulting mixture can be transformed for injection molding. Preferred Features: The wastes are mixed with a plasticizer and/or a charge of elastomer forming 5%-10% of the weight of the mixture. Following shredding and/or crushing, agglomeration and mixing takes place, then the plasticizer and/or elastomer are mixed in. The mixture is then introduced into the injection molding press. The mixing process is one of compounding to form a liquefied mixture. This is cooled then granulated in readiness for injection molding. Compounding takes place in a single- or dual-screw extruder with different feed hoppers for the prepared waste and for the plasticizer or elastomeric charge. The liquefied mixture passes through a die producing continuous filaments or -strands, followed by cooling and granulating for injection molding.