IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO PLASTIC RECYCLING

    公开(公告)号:WO2022223491A2

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-27

    申请号:PCT/EP2022/060199

    申请日:2022-04-17

    Abstract: A method of recycling plastics, using a polyolefin feedstock from reclaimed plastic, in which a solution is created of at least one polymer of the feedstock in at least one solvent by dissolution in a reactor vessel, one or more contaminants are removed from the solution, the solvent is separated from the polymer and the polymer extruded for re-use, wherein a chain extender is introduced to the solution to modify the properties of the polymer in the solvent and increase its use in secondary applications. Embodiments are described using a peroxide in a solution of PE and butylal or xylene, colour pigments are filtered out and the solution is fractionated by polymer molecular weight selectively before and after the peroxide is added. The method lends itself to commercial scale processing with reactor vessels of 1,000 litres and greater by use of a fast dissolution reactor.

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