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Recycled Polystyrene & ABS

Polystyrene and ABS are both fully recyclable, something that is particularly important due to their incredibly wide-ranging uses. Using Recycled Polystyrene could be an ideal way to reduce your business’ environmental impact in a wide range of sectors. With polystyerene being in such wide usage, changing your business over to polystyrene could be a small but effective step to help the planet. This group of polymers is a cost-effective choice for a variety of purposes.


  • Recycled High Impact Polystyrene, or rHIPS is very impact resistant. It has good dimensional stability, while also being easily moulded. It has a glossy natural appearance, something that makes it easy to paint. It is a very versatile material that is most commonly used for its stiffness and ability to maintain shape. It does have quite low strength however and is susceptible to breakage and stress cracking, however HIPS is also shatterproof and impact resistant.

    rHIPS has a very wide range of usages. It is used in the creation of indoor signs and displays, in product packaging, and is a commonly used thermoplastic in household, electrical, and consumer products. HIPS is also commonly used in the automotive industry, in the creation of instrument panels, and in office products such as rulers, and computer housing.


  • Recycled General Purpose Polystyrene, or rGPPS has some vary varied uses. GPPS is brittle and rigid and is naturally transparent, and has excellent x-ray, dilute acid, dilute base resistance, and oil and grease resistance. It is an especially cost-effective choice as it is easy to process and has a low melting point.

    rGPPS has a wide range of uses and applications, from consumer products, household items, and toys, to test tubes and petri dishes. It is also used in clothes hangers and electrical and computer casings. It used in a very large range of industries as its properties lends itself to a variety of general usages.


  • Recycled Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene, or rABS, is very impact resistant, even at low temperatures, and has a high level of rigidity. It is resistant to strain and possesses a good level of dimensional stability and weldability. rABS also possesses good electrical insulation properties, and good resistance to diluted acids and bases, as well as moderate resistance to some hydrocarbons. rABS does scratch easily however and is not very resistant to solvents.

    rABS is used in many industries, from the automotive, and electronics industries, to household and consumer products. It is also commonly found in appliances, pipes, hoses and other fittings.