Do you think recycling acrylic sheets is just throwing them into the rubbish bin? Well, you'd be wrong! Acrylic sheet (PMMA) and other plastics (such as PVC, PC) although it looks 'like', but very different. Ordinary people are difficult to distinguish at a glance, the result is that the recycling of a variety of plastics mixed together, seriously lowering the quality of recycling. More complex is that the recovery of acrylic panels is not a simple 'a throw away', but to go through a series of crushing, cleaning, melting and other 'hard core' process, the technical threshold is quite high. If not handled properly, not only the performance of the recycled sheet will be greatly reduced, but also may release harmful substances. However, the reality is very bone - high recycling costs, low prices of recycled materials, resulting in many recycling enterprises on acrylic panels 'far away'. This 'high investment, low return' status quo, so that the acrylic sheet recycling has become a 'hot potato' in the field of environmental protection.
But in fact, many art colleges and design studios need acrylic panels as teaching or creative materials, donations of used panels can not only support the cause of education, but also may be able to obtain tax credits so as to achieve the reuse of resources to support the public good. In addition, some environmental companies specialising in acrylic sheet recycling business, providing door-to-door recycling services.
Some people think that acrylic sheet can be burned at will, can be mixed with ordinary plastic recycling, waste acrylic sheet is worthless. In fact, the incineration of acrylic panels will release hydrogen cyanide and other highly toxic gases, causing serious harm to the environment and human health. Acrylic sheet (PMMA) and other plastics with different chemical properties, mixed into the ordinary plastic recycling stream will affect the quality of recycled materials. Waste acrylic sheets can be made into recycled sheets after professional processing for use in low-end markets or non-load-bearing scenarios. There are many uses for acrylic sheet, such as acrylic sheet for polymer clay, acrylic sheet for partition, acrylic sheet for pc side panel and so on, but we must dispose the waste acrylic sheet correctly to protect the environment.
