Free webinar: upgrading recycled plastics

Free webinar: upgrading recycled plastics

17th June. Madeline Daecher & Dean Dodaro, Polyvel, a leading compounder. How to restore properties of recycled polymers. Plastics recycling is developing rapidly worldwide, driven by value-chain sustainability objectives, public policies and by virgin resource...
pinfa sparks: recycling strategies for FRs

pinfa sparks: recycling strategies for FRs

Over 60 participants at pinfa’s 2nd ‘sparks’ webinar discussed recycling of PIN FRs with Nacho Montesinos Beltrán, AIMPLAS. Mr. Montesinos Beltrán, an expert in polymer recycling chemistry, underlined the difficulties of recycling post-consumer plastics which...
PIN FRs compatible with PP recycling

PIN FRs compatible with PP recycling

Polypropylene (PP) with PIN FR was re-extruded five times, maintaining fire performance and mechanical properties. The PIN FRs tested were 2:1 (by mass) piperazine pyrophosphate and melamine pyrophosphate, with a total loading of 21% in the polypropylene. After melt...
Waste PET upcycled as phosphorus FR TPU

Waste PET upcycled as phosphorus FR TPU

A PIN FR polyester diol, by phosphorus loading in solvent recycling of PET, was tested as PIN FR precursor in TPU (thermoplastic polyurethane). The phosphorus FR polyester diol was generated by dissolving / depolymerising waste PET (polyethylene terephthalate) in...
PIN flame retardant EPDM barriers

PIN flame retardant EPDM barriers

The Rubber Company offers non-halogenated FR rubber for barriers in railway, marine, and industry, protective packaging. The black PIN FR EPDM (ethylene propylene diene monomer) sheeting is certified EN 45545-2 HL3 (European railway standard) for flooring and BS 476...