1、BRITISH STANDARDBS EN 15345:2007Plastics Recycled Plastics Characterization of Polypropylene (PP) recyclatesICS 13.030.50; 83.080.20g49g50g3g38g50g51g60g44g49g42g3g58g44g55g43g50g56g55g3g37g54g44g3g51g40g53g48g44g54g54g44g50g49g3g40g59g38g40g51g55g3g36g54g3g51g40g53g48g44g55g55g40g39g3g37g60g3g38g50
2、g51g60g53g44g42g43g55g3g47g36g58BS EN 15345:2007This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 29 February 2008 BSI 2008ISBN 978 0 580 53966 4National forewordThis British Standard is the UK implementation of EN 15345:2007.The UK participati
3、on in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee PRI/89, Plastics recycling.A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary.This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for i
4、ts correct application.Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity from legal obligations.Amendments/corrigenda issued since publicationDate CommentsEUROPEAN STANDARDNORME EUROPENNEEUROPISCHE NORMEN 15345December 2007ICS 13.030.50; 83.080.20English VersionPlastics - Recycled Plastics -
5、 Characterisation of Polypropylene(PP) recyclatesPlastiques - Plastiques recycls - Caractrisation desrecyclats de polypropylne (PP)Kunststoffe - Kunststoff-Rezyklate - Charakterisierung vonPolypropylen (PP)-RezyklatenThis European Standard was approved by CEN on 25 October 2007.CEN members are bound
6、 to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this EuropeanStandard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such nationalstandards may be obtained on application to the CEN M
7、anagement Centre or to any CEN member.This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translationunder the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN Management Centre has the same status as
8、 theofficial versions.CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland,France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal,Romania, Slovaki
9、a, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATIONCOMIT EUROPEN DE NORMALISATIONEUROPISCHES KOMITEE FR NORMUNGManagement Centre: rue de Stassart, 36 B-1050 Brussels 2007 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reservedworldwide for C
10、EN national Members.Ref. No. EN 15345:2007: EEN 15345:2007 (E) 2 Contents Page Foreword3 Introduction .4 1 Scope 5 2 Normative references 5 3 Terms, definitions and abbreviated terms 6 4 Characteristics of PP recyclates6 5 Quality Assurance .7 Annex A .9 Bibliography 12 EN 15345:2007 (E) 3 Foreword
11、This document (EN 15345:2007) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 249 “Plastics recyclate characterisation of PP”, the secretariat of which is held by NBN. This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endorsemen
12、t, at the latest by June 2008, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by June 2008. Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. CEN and/or CENELEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any
13、or all such patent rights. This standard is one part of series of CEN publications on Plastics Recycling which is structured as follows: EN 15342 PlasticsRecycled PlasticsCharacterization of polystyrene (PS) recyclates EN 15343 PlasticsRecycled PlasticsPlastics recycling traceability and assessment
14、of conformity and recycled content EN 15344 PlasticsRecycled PlasticsCharacterisation of Polyethylene (PE) recyclates EN 15345 PlasticsRecycled PlasticsCharacterisation of Polypropylene (PP) recyclates EN 15346 PlasticsRecycled plasticsCharacterisation of poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) recyclates EN 153
15、47 Plastics Recycled Plastics Characterisation of plastics wastes EN 15348 PlasticsRecycled plasticsCharacterization of poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) recyclates CEN/TR 15353 Plastics Recycled plastics Guidelines for the development of standards for recycled plastics According to the CEN/CENELEC
16、 Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembour
17、g, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. EN 15345:2007 (E) 4 Introduction Recycling of plastics waste is one type of material recovery process intended to save resources (virgin raw materials, water, and energy),
18、 while minimising harmful emissions into air, water and soil as well as any impacts on human health. The environmental impact of recycling has to be assessed over the whole life cycle of the recycling system (from the waste generation point to the disposal of final residues). To ensure that recyclin
19、g constitutes the best environmental option for treating the available waste, some prerequisites should preferably be met: recycling scheme being contemplated should generate lower environmental impacts than alternative recovery options; existing or potential market outlets should be identified that
20、 will secure a sustainable industrial recycling operation; collection and sorting schemes should be properly designed to deliver recyclable plastics waste fractions fitting reasonably well with the available recycling technologies and with the (changing) needs of the identified market outlets, prefe
21、rably at minimum costs to society. This standard has been produced in accordance with the guidance produced by CEN on Environmental Aspects and in accordance with CEN/TR 15353, Plastics Recycled plastics Guidelines for the development of standards for recycled plastics. NOTE CEN/TR 15353 considers t
22、he general environmental aspects which are specific to the recycling process. It is often impossible to trace back each individual product at the end user stage and to check whether the product has been used correctly through its life. Consequently products are out of industrial control for a period
23、 of time. It is possible that during this period contamination with other materials may occur that could affect the products suitability for recycling into the intended application. EN 15345:2007 (E) 5 1 Scope This European Standard defines a method of specifying delivery conditions for Polypropylen
24、e (PP) recyclates. It gives the most important characteristics and associated test methods for assessing a single batch of PP recyclates intended for use in the production of semi-finished/finished products. It is intended to support parties involved in the use of recycled PP to agree on specificati
25、ons for specific and general applications. This standard does not cover the characterisation of plastics wastes. See EN 15347. This standard is applicable without prejudice to any existing legislation. 2 Normative references The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of
26、 this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies. EN 12099, Plastics piping systems Polyethylene piping materials and components Determination of volatile content EN 15343, P
27、lastics Recycled Plastics Plastics recycling traceability and assessment of conformity and recycled content EN ISO 1133, Plastics Determination of the melt mass-flow rate (MFR) and the melt volume-flow rate (MVR) of thermoplastics (ISO 1133:2005) EN ISO 178, Plastics Determination of flexural proper
28、ties (ISO 178:2001) EN ISO 179-1, Plastics Determination of Charpy impact properties Part 1: Non-instrumented impact test (ISO 179-1:2000) EN ISO 179-2, Plastics Determination of Charpy impact properties Part 2: Instrumented impact test (ISO 179-2:1997) EN ISO 180, Plastics Determination of Izod imp
29、act strength (ISO 180:2000) EN ISO 472:2001, Plastics Vocabulary (ISO 472:1999) EN ISO 527-1, Plastics Determination of tensile properties Part 1: General principles (ISO 527-1:1993 including Corr 1:1994) EN ISO 527-2, Plastics Determination of tensile properties Part 2: Test conditions for moulding
30、 and extrusion plastics (ISO 527-2:1993 including Corr 1:1994) EN ISO 1183-1, Plastics Methods for determining the density of non-cellular plastics Part 1: Immersion method, liquid pyknometer method and titration method (ISO 1183-1:2004) EN ISO 3451-1, Plastics Determination of ash Part 1: General m
31、ethods (ISO 3451-1:1997) CEN/TR 15353:2007 Plastics Recycled Plastics Guidelines for the development of standards relating to recycled plastics EN 15345:2007 (E) 6 3 Terms, definitions and abbreviated terms For the purposes of this European Standard, the terms and definitions given in EN ISO 472:200
32、1 and CEN/TR 15353:2007 apply. 4 Characteristics of PP recyclates A single batch is the quantity of recyclate that has homogenous characteristics within the specified tolerances. The characteristics of PP recyclates, given in Table 1, are divided into two types: Required characteristics needed to ch
33、aracterize PP recyclates in general and required for specified recyclates. Optional characteristics needed to characterize PP recyclates according to customer specifications and applications. NOTE Polypropylene, or polypropylene-containing plastics wastes may contain a variety of propylene polymers
34、such as homo- and co-polymers, isotatic, syndiotatic and atatic, and be with or without fillers, fire retardants etc. The performance of recyclates derived from such wastes will depend on the relative proportions of these components. In order to be described as recycled polypropylene, the recyclate
35、must contain polypropylene as the most important polymeric component. These characteristics shall be assessed by using the test methods given in Table 1. Where possible, the supplier should provide information on the original application of the material. A Certificate of Analysis, providing the test
36、 results for each batch of recyclate shall be provided by the supplier to the purchaser on request. To secure the legal use of the recyclate, the supplier shall provide the necessary information about the material composition of the recyclates, as specified by the purchaser. EN 15345:2007 (E) 7 Tabl
37、e 1 Characterisation of PP recyclates Characteristic Unit Test Method Comment Required Colour Visual inspection Density Kg/m3EN ISO 1183-1 Method A Impact Strength KJ/m2EN ISO 179-1, EN ISO 179-2 or EN ISO 180 Melt Flow Rate g/10min EN ISO 1133 Condition M Shape Visual inspectionaOptional Ash Conten
38、t % EN ISO 3451-1 Bulk Density Kg/m3See Annex A Extraneous Polymers % Thermal/Infra-red Analyses Flexural Properties MPa EN ISO 178 Filtration Level Mesh Size Provide information on mesh size. Recycled Content % EN 15343 Tensile stress at yield MPa EN ISO 527-1 EN ISO 527-2 Tensile strain at break %
39、 EN ISO 527-1 EN ISO 527-2 Volatile Content % EN 12099bor other aFor example, ground, micronised, pellets, flakes. bAlthough the scope of EN 12099 is limited, it is considered relevant. Other tests may be carried out by agreement between the purchaser and the supplier and the results reported. 5 Qua
40、lity Assurance In order that the purchaser of the recyclate may have confidence in the quality of the product, the supplier shall maintain records of the quality control carried out, including incoming materials, processes and finished products. A quality management system certified to EN ISO 9001 m
41、ay be a suitable guarantee of consistent recyclate quality. The specification and the standard deviation or range of values within and between batches of material shall be agreed between the supplier and the purchaser. Where a statement of recycled content, or the previous history of the material, i
42、s requested, documentary evidence shall be provided, where there is no analytical method available to supply such information. These records should be available to the purchaser on request. EN 15345:2007 (E) 8 Where a recyclate has been produced via a melt process, the supplier may choose to state t
43、he level of filtration applied during that process. This will determine the maximum size of any non-melting contaminants present in the recyclate. The statement of filtration level shall include details of the filter. Recyclates which have not passed through a melt process cannot be quantified in th
44、e same way, and the supplier may state this. NOTE EN 15343 describes a qualified recycling process and gives details of traceability and the assessment of recycled content. EN 15345:2007 (E) 9 Annex A (Normative) Test Method for the determination of bulk density A.1 Scope This test method specifies
45、a method for determining the bulk density, i.e. the mass per unit of volume of loose material (powder or granular material), that can be poured from a funnel of specific design. When the method is applied to relatively coarse materials, rather variable results may be obtained, owing to the error int
46、roduced when a straightedge blade is drawn across the top of the cylinder. A knowledge of bulk density is of limited value in estimating the relative fluffiness or bulk of moulding materials, unless their densities in the moulded condition are approximately the same. It therefore gives a fairly good
47、 idea of stability of mixing, presence of humidity and stability between batches (consistency). Key 1 Volume of approximately 2 500 ml, Diameter of hole at base 55 mm 0,25 mm 2 Inner height: 200 mm 0,2mm, Inner diameter: 113 mm 0,2mm, Volume: 2 000 ml 3 Angle approximately 65 4 Diameter of hole appr
48、oximately 60 mm 5 Distance of 100 mm 0,5 mm Figure A.1 Typical apparatus EN 15345:2007 (E) 10 A.2 Material Powder or granular material. A.3 Apparatus A.3.1 Balance, accurate to 0,1 g. A.3.2 Measuring cylinder, smoothly finished inside, which shall be constructed of metal, of a capacity of 2 000 ml (
49、Inner height of 200 mm and an inner diameter of 113 mm). A.3.3 Conical funnel, of the form and dimensions shown in Figure A1, of a capacity of 2 500 ml, internal diameter at base 55 mm, equipped with a metal trap plate for the lower orifice. Diameter of orifice in trap plate 60 mm. A.4 Preparation of test sample Mix the sample before testing. A.5 Procedure A.5.1 Support the funnel (A.3.3) vertically with its lower orifice 100 mm above the measuring cylinder (A.3.2) and
