Alicrite® and copper plated brass

Alicrite® is a recycled plastic material.

Alicrite® is a plastic material (Polymethylmetacrilate), recycled and recyclable, in the form of acrylic sheets in various finishes and sizes. More than 90% of it consists of post-consumer recycled: buttons, bag grips, eyeglasses, car warning triangles and bicycle reflectors.
Post-consumer antiqued copper plated brass comes from electrical wires and cables, pipes and electrical apparatus components. It maintains its primary chemical-physical and technological properties, with the advantage of considerable energy saving by skipping the processes of extraction and refining. Moreover, it does not emit substances harmful to the environment and is 100% recyclable.

The polymethylmetacrilate scrap is shredded in a blade mill, poured into steel moulds and placed in methane fired kilns which reach a temperature of about 500°C: the heat transforms the material into raw monomer.
Colouring agents are subsequently added to this base, together with agents that make the material anti-UV and abrasion resistant. Lastly the mix goes into special moulds of variable thickness, forming sheets when it is cooled.