Recycle Acrylic Sheets

Common brands of high grade acrylic include polycast lucite and plexiglass.

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. Acrylic is a useful clear plastic that resembles glass but has properties that make it superior to glass in many ways. Acrylic recycling is becoming more common with more technological improvements and that s good news for the environment. 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. Pmma the key type of acrylic can be recycled in several ways. Pmma has been successfully depolymerized by contacting with molten lead resulting in mma with a purity more than 98. This is where we take plastic film and sheet materials and it s put to a new use for a new application.

Acrylic plastic is not easily recycled and is therefore not collected for recycling in many countries. 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. It is possible to recover the monomer from pmma scrap by depolymerization. This is where segregated materials are ground up into flake re pelletized and then re processed into a finished product.

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. Although acrylic can be recycled it requires specialist handling and equipment. Designated as a group 7 plastic many recycling companies do not have the facilities or expertise to recycle acrylics.