Rheological and Functional Properties of Mechanically Recycled Post-Consumer Rigid Polyethylene Packaging Waste

Author:

Boz Noyan Ezgi Ceren1ORCID,Rehle Franziska12ORCID,Boldizar Antal1ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Industrial and Materials Science, Chalmers University of Technology, Rännvägen 2A, SE-41296 Gothenburg, Sweden

2. The International Reference Center for Life Cycle Assessment and Sustainable Transition (CIRAIG), Chemical Engineering Department, Polytechnique Montreal, 3333 Queen Mary Rd Suite 310, Montreal, QC H3V 1A2, Canada

Abstract

The properties of recycled post-consumer rigid polyethylene packaging waste were studied, using sorted waste washed in the laboratory with water alone and with added detergent, and compared with large-scale high-intensity washed flakes. The washed flakes were compounded using three different temperature profiles in a twin-screw extruder and then injection molded. A higher compounding temperature reduced the thermo-oxidative stability, the average molecular mass, and the viscosity of the samples. Rheological measurements suggested that changes in chain branching occurred at different compounding temperatures. The strength and the elongation at break were also influenced by the compounding temperature in both the molten and solid states. Detergent washing maintained the thermo-oxidative stability in contrast to washing with water. The large-scale washed samples had a relatively high thermo-oxidative stability, a higher melt elasticity, and a lower elongation at break in both the molten and solid states than the laboratory-scale washed samples. The thermal properties, melt elasticity, Young’s modulus, yield stress, and yield strain of the samples were not, however, significantly affected by either the compounding temperature or the washing medium and intensity. The results indicated that recycled post-consumer rigid polyethylene packaging waste has properties that can support further applications in new products.

Funder

Norwegian Retailers' Environment Fund

Publisher

MDPI AG

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