In order to be used in home appliance products, recycled plastic materials must be of high quality.
High purity is one of the keys to ensuring quality. We have almost entirely resolved this issue through our sorting technologies. However, the quality of plastic materials can deteriorate over time due to oxidation and other causes. For this reason, recycled plastics were not capable of being used in home appliances, which require long-term durability, and were generally only used in downgraded products.
To resolve this problem, Mitsubishi Electric quantified the remaining lifespan of collected plastic and designed a new quality improvement formula with the optimal formulation of additives to prevent the deterioration of recycled materials. We succeeded in creating recycled materials with quality that is by no means inferior to new materials. We also made it possible to give recycled materials durability that exceeds new materials and added properties like fire resistance.
Through this proprietary quality improvement technology, we not only eliminated concern over the quality of recycled products but also opened up major new frontiers for recycled materials.
*An acceleration test is a test to verify a product's lifespan by placing it under extreme conditions, beyond what it would normally have to endure, and intentionally accelerating its deterioration.
