According to Japanese media reports, Matsushita Electric Industrial successfully developed plastic recycling equipment. The technology and equipment for the development of plastic raw materials containing brominated flame retardants, such as TV shells that have been scrapped, have been developed.
Plastics containing brominated flame retardants are widely used because they can reduce the flammability of home appliances and textile products. However, the use of previous recycling technologies will reduce physical properties such as impact strength of the material, making it difficult to recycle. This time, because the device uses a solvent to remove the flame retardant before it is recycled, it basically has no effect on the impact strength, etc. In addition, by adding other flame retardants and reinforcing materials, it can achieve higher than the new material. strength. In this way, even if 100% of the recycled materials are used for different parts, the products can be formed, and the utilization of home appliances such as televisions can be improved.
The recovered plastic can also be recycled using the equipment again, for a total of approximately 10 recycling times.