Survey on the Use of Locally Sourced Additives for the Production of Polypropylene Plastic Products

Abstract

Polypropylene is a thermoplastic which is one of the classes of plastics. Thermoplastics when subjected to heat, they melt and on cooling they solidify. Polypropylene is used as matrix in so many materials which include chairs, car bumpers, accelerator pedal, bottle crates and others. Some of the additives for the formulation of these products could be replaced with locally sourced additives available in Nigeria.  This will save enormous resources that go into the importation of some of the additive materials needed in their formulations. Additives such as filler additives which include snailshell, eggshell, seashell,  which are abundant in form of waste in Nigeria  could be used in the production of polypropylene plastic products.