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Thermal stability and kinetics of thermolysis of postconsumer milk containers made of high-density polyethylene (PC-HDPE) and filament rods extruded from them (HDPE-F) were examined by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) with six linear temperature programs under a stream of nitrogen. The total weightloss of each sample took place in a one-step decomposition to volatiles at the heating rates, β = 1, 10, 25, 50, 70, and 100 Kmin -1 . The values of initial decomposition temperature, the temperature at the maximum thermal degradation rate, and the maximum rate of decomposition were increased by increasing the heating rate as was the expectation. The isoconversional method was used to evaluate the fundamental kinetic parameters, the activation energy barrier ( E a), the Arrhenius pre-exponential factor ( A ), and the mechanism of the reaction,  f (α). The values of  E awere independent of the model and heating rate, as was expected. However, the values of  A  depended on the model and the extent of reaction (α). The values of the  E aof PC-HDPE initiated at 171 kJ/mol at α = 0.05 and it increased to 207 kJ/mole at α = 0.95. The values of  E aof the HDPE-F rod were relatively constant for all α values, being 227 ± 3 kJ/mol. It was justified by the absence of easily volatilized substances in the HDPE-F. Knowledge of the thermal stability and decomposition kinetics of the starting materials (PC-HDPE) and the product (HDPE-F) is important in the context of thermochemical conversion processes aimed at the use of PC-HDPE as raw materials for recycling, upcycling, and down-cycling for objects used under room conditions.

Upcycling Postconsumer High-Density Polyethylene (PC-HDPE): Thermal Stability and Kinetics Study of the Filaments Extruded from PC-HDPE