Formulation-specific function
This is a typical reason for selecting suitable grades. Check the manufacturer’s data sheet for the actual formulation and service conditions.
ADDITIVES AND MODIFIERS
Additives(Ingredients that modify a plastic formulation)
A broad group of substances used to change processing, colour, durability or other behaviour. It is a role rather than one chemical identity.
Formulation ingredient
THE NAME, EXPLAINED
What is Additives?
Additives means Ingredients that modify a plastic formulation.
A broad group of substances used to change processing, colour, durability or other behaviour. It is a role rather than one chemical identity.
Worth knowing
Identify the actual ingredient and safety data sheet. An additive list is not a statement that Poly-Cycle accepts loose chemicals.
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Properties with a practical purpose.
Low-dose modification
This is a typical reason for selecting suitable grades. Check the manufacturer’s data sheet for the actual formulation and service conditions.
Many chemistries
This is a typical reason for selecting suitable grades. Check the manufacturer’s data sheet for the actual formulation and service conditions.
Properties vary with formulation, reinforcement, moisture, processing and service conditions. Use the exact grade data sheet for engineering decisions.
THE NEXT-CYCLE QUESTION
What matters when considering recovery?
Assess the product identity and carrier, rather than treating it as ordinary mixed plastic.
Identify the actual ingredient and safety data sheet. An additive list is not a statement that Poly-Cycle accepts loose chemicals.
Poly-Cycle can discuss your material information and collection requirements. Inclusion in this guide does not confirm acceptance, a particular recycling method or that every operation takes place at a Poly-Cycle facility.
How assessment and collection workMake the enquiry easier
- Confirm the identity. Keep the manufacturer, trade grade and polymer marking. For an additive or chemical, include the safety data sheet.
- Describe the batch. Give the weight, colour and form: pellets, parts, sheet, film, fibre or another format.
- Explain what else is present. Declare fillers, coatings, metal inserts, other polymers and previous contact with chemicals or other contaminants.
- Agree the route. Share photographs and your collection postcode before arranging a movement.
FROM THE GUIDE TO YOUR MATERIAL
Have Additives to discuss?
Send the team your grade details, approximate quantity and photographs. We can discuss the information needed for your particular batch.
KEEP EXPLORING
Browse Additives and Modifiers Related material guides.
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Polyethylene wax
A low-molecular-weight polyethylene material used to change processing or surface behaviour.
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A polypropylene-based processing additive used in suitable formulations for lubrication or dispersion.
Understand this material MasterbatchConcentrated pigment or additive in a carrier resin
A concentrated ingredient that manufacturers dose into another plastic to add colour or a particular function.
Understand this materialTechnical references and reading
General material information reviewed 1 November 2026. Manufacturer information supports the material descriptions; recycling enquiry guidance is an editorial synthesis, not a statement of a supplier’s or Poly-Cycle’s acceptance criteria.
Browse this guide under: Additives and Modifiers. The original category inventory was informed by RM Group’s plastics directory; explanations have been written for Poly-Cycle.