Applications:
Plastic packaging production: shopping bags, industrial packaging
Cheap household appliances: pots, barrels, baskets
Plastic components for electrical equipment
Construction materials: plastic pipes, roofing sheets
Textile industry (recycled PET): fabric, rope, non-woven fiber
Disposable plastic products
Properties:
Color: usually black, gray, dark blue, ... due to impurities
Density: equivalent or larger than virgin particles due to impurities
Tensile strength, impact: about 10-30% lower than virgin particles
Quality and purity are lower than virgin particles
Reduced physical properties (tensile strength, impact, elongation, ...)
May contain impurities or odors
Not suitable for applications requiring high safety (such as food packaging, medical)