Develop and Commercialise the CreaSolv Process for WEEE Plastics

Plastics from waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) that contain brominated flame retardants (BFR) remain a problematic waste stream as there is a current reliance on the export market for these materials. Furthermore to comply with the RoHS Directive the BFRs must be removed from the plastic components before they can be recycled. 

The development of this solvent based process, developed by the Fraunhofer Institute in Germany, is not yet complete particularly with respect to removing the residual solvent to commercially acceptable levels.  WRAP has now commissioned a piece of work to trial alternative solvent extraction technologies as well as looking for ways of improving the final mechanical properties of the Creasolv product.  

The aim is then to demonstrate whether the treated plastic can be successfully used for commercial processing such as injection moulding in an economically and environmentally beneficial way.

In 2006 WRAP completed a project which successfully demonstrated and enhanced the Creasolv BFR extraction process.  A copy of the final report can be dowloaded here

CreaSolv® is a registered trademark of CreaCycle GmbH.

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