Neat and reinforced polyamide 6 based on post consumer recyclate examples of properties

In the most unfavourable case, the cost of recycling is a combination of the operations of collecting, dismantling, sorting, treatment and recycling. 

From an economic point of view, the cost assessment of the recyclate depends primarily on the price retained for the waste. The recycling cost is in the range of  

To decrease the dismantling and sorting costs of plastic parts it is necessary to anticipate these steps at the design stage  

One of the most-commercialized routes is the addition of starch-based materials but other biodegradable additives are used. Marketed solutions are numerous, for example, without claiming to be exhaustive. 

The choice of biodegradable polymers coming from synthesis or bacterial fermentation is wide. For example  

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Table 7.5 Neat and reinforced polyamide 6 based on post-consumer recyclate examples of properties...

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