METHOD FOR RECYCLING A PAINT-COATED PLASTIC ARTICLE AND RELATED PAINT FILM DECOMPOSITION AGENT
The invention relates to a method for recycling a paint-coated plastic article, said article being made of plastic material and being coated at least in part with paint, the method comprising steps of: a) crushing the article for forming raw particles, at least some of which containing a portion of the paint; b) melting and kneading the raw particles; bl) blending a paint film decomposition agent with the raw particles, during step b), for forming a reactive mixture while the raw particles are being melted and kneaded, at least a portion of the paint being degraded into degraded paint particles by the paint film decomposition agent in the reactive mixture, and c) obtaining, by means of step b), a recycled plastic material from which the paint is at least in part removed; the method being characterized in that the paint film decomposition agent is a solid alcoholic paint film decomposition agent. The invention further relates to the paint film decomposition agent which is used in the method.