Abstract

The recycling of polymeric materials has been highly discussed due to economic and environmental factors. It is well known that, polypropylene can be used for many applications and, depending on the final characteristics that are necessary, they use different additives. So, this study aims to evaluate the mechanical properties of compositions containing recyclable polypropylene from different sources and with different composition and define the best composition using the maximum percentage of polypropylene with lower mechanical properties, which is a material considered difficult to incorporate in the process due to the high percentage of gas and impurities and the one with lowest cost. For the evaluation of mechanical properties, tensile and flexion tests were performed and, also, optical microscopy, which proved to be possible to use this kind of polypropylene in high percentages, since the conditions of mixture are guaranteed.

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