Standard Guide for Techniques to Separate and Identify Contaminants in Recycled Plastics

Importancia y uso:

5.1 Recycled plastic materials may contain incompatible plastic or other undesirable contaminants that could affect the processing or quality, or both, of the plastic prepared for reuse. Techniques to separate and identify incompatible plastics, moisture, chemicals, or original product residues, and solid contaminants such as metals, paper, glass, and wood are essential to the processing of recycled plastic materials.

5.2 This guide lists existing ASTM and ISO methods plus currently practiced industrial techniques for identification and classification of contaminants in recycled plastics flake or pellets.

Subcomité:

D20.95

Volúmen:

08.03

Número ICS:

13.030.50 (Recycling), 83.080.01 (Plastics in general)

Palabras clave:

compression moldings; contaminants; density separations; extrusion; post-consumer plastics; recycled plastics; visual inspection;