Polypropylene applications consumer/industrial

Omitting the construction and demolition debris from the calculations, the composition (by volume this time) is as follows paper and paperboard 50%, plastics 14%, metals 12%, glass 4%, organics 6%, and miscellaneous 14%. All plastic packaging (post-consumer, industrial, commercial, and institutional) represented about 8% of the overall refuse. It is a reasonable assumption that the composition of plastics discarded in landfills is a reflection of the quantities produced for packaging applications the commodity plastics polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene, and poly(vinyl chloride) should be well represented (see Ethylene POLYMERS PROPYLENE Polymers (PP) Styrene Polymers Vinyl Chloride Polymers). 

Nonionic Surface-Active Agents. Approximately 14% of the ethylene oxide consumed in the United States is used in the manufacture of nonionic surfactants. These are derived by addition of ethylene oxide to fatty alcohols, alkylphenols (qv), tall oil, alkyl mercaptans, and various polyols such as polypropylene glycol), sorbitol, mannitol, and cellulose. They are used in household detergent formulations, industrial surfactant applications, in emulsion polymerization, textiles, paper manufacturing and recycling, and for many other applications (281). 

Polyethylenes and polypropylene are bulk commodity plastics but a precondition of numerous industrial and consumers applications is a considerable improvement in their flammability characteristics. ... 

Armordon is also a polypropylene based self-reinforced plastic manufactured by Don Low Ltd. The production process is similar to the production of PURE and combines two different types of PP ensuring a strong affinity between the two components of the tape. Further processing steps may use the tapes directly for winding or tape placement processes or they can be woven into fabrics. Typical applications can be found in the security industry as armor, since Armordon shows an excellent ballistic performance. Additionally, applications in the automotive sector and consumer products such as luggage are imaginable. 

The WPCs industry presently consume over 700,000 tons of thermoplastics annually. Only those thermoplastics, which can be processed at temperamres below 200 °C, are applicable in WPCs. Polyethylene resin (PE) is the dominant resin in market that accounts for 83 % of the total volume. Polypropylene (PP) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) account for 9 and 7 % of the total, respectively. Only about 1 % of other resins are used in the WPCs industry. 

The Californian-based company Cereplast claims that its biopropylene resin is an industry first and could replace traditional polypropylene in the vast majority of applications. These bio-resins replace a significant portion of petroleum-based additives with materials such as starches from tapioca, com, wheat, and potatoes, meeting the demand from consumers and manufacturers for sustainable plashes. Also notable is Cereplasfs already exishng line in compostable resins in which bio-based starch products, such as corn, wheat, and potato starches, replace nearly 100 percent of petroleum-based additives. This results in products that will compost in commercial facilities within 180 days, leaving no chemical residue. 

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