Recycle Acrylic Sheets

Acrylic plastic is not easily recycled and is therefore not collected for recycling in many countries.

Recycle acrylic sheets.

The world s first and only 100 recycled acrylic green cast made by madreperla is the world s first and only 100 recycled cast acrylic sheet. It is possible to recover the monomer from pmma scrap by depolymerization. You get the same pure high quality acrylic you ll find in our virgin products and because it s priced competitively you can choose sustainability without breaking your budget. At plastic expert we are proud to be one of the few specialist centres in the uk offering acrylic recycling.

Some acrylic plastics could be highly flammable. Acrylic is a useful clear plastic that resembles glass but has properties that make it superior to glass in many ways. Common brands of high grade acrylic include polycast lucite and plexiglass. This normally involves subjecting the resin to pyrolysis.

Designated as a group 7 plastic many recycling companies do not have the facilities or expertise to recycle acrylics. This is where we take plastic film and sheet materials and it s put to a new use for a new application. Although acrylic can be recycled it requires specialist handling and equipment. Pmma has been successfully depolymerized by contacting with molten lead resulting in mma with a purity more than 98.

Acrylic plastics are not easily biodegradable. Scrap acrylic is an industrial waste not only having a significant impact on the environment but also on the cost of production of acrylic sheets. This is where segregated materials are ground up into flake re pelletized and then re processed into a finished product.