01Scrap source · home appliance

Home appliance plastic scrap, wanted for resin.

Dayatas Profab, a Malaysian company that sells ABS, PS and HIPS resin, is looking to buy home appliance plastic scrap from suppliers in Europe, America, Japan and Korea. Scrap of those three polymers suits it best; ABS and HIPS are both used in household appliances. Malaysia admits such scrap only with a SIRIM approval, as single-polymer lots, from Basel Convention parties or countries with an arrangement with Malaysia, and EU rules ban plastic waste exports to non-OECD countries such as Malaysia from 21 November 2026.

A strapped bale of scrapped appliance housings and liners on a concrete floor (illustration)
Illustration

01 · Source tag

Home appliance products
Best fit
ABS · HIPS · PS
Comes as
Whole, baled or crushed
Wanted from
Europe · America · Japan · Korea
Malaysia admits
One polymer per lot
Price and lot
Per offer
On this page6

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Which appliance parts does Dayatas Profab want, and in which polymers?

Dayatas Profab looks for the plastic parts of scrapped household appliances; parts in ABS, HIPS and PS, the resins it sells, suit it best.

Housings, refrigerator parts, covers and trays are the large moulded parts an appliance recycler separates from the metal, glass and foam. ABS, valued for strength, scratch resistance and finish, is widely used in household appliances [1]; HIPS, a more durable polystyrene than general-purpose PS, is used in appliances such as refrigerators [1]. If a part carries a moulded polymer marking, say what it reads: it settles the question faster than any description. Each resin has its own page: ABS resin, HIPS resin and PS resin.

The three polymers

ABS · HIPS · PS, the resins Dayatas Profab sells.

Appliance parts and the polymer to check (numbered sources below)
PartPolymer to checkWhat to tell Dayatas Profab
HousingsABSCasings and back covers; ABS is widely used in household appliances [1]. Read the marking.
Small appliance bodiesABSABS is used in vacuum cleaners, blenders, coffee makers and toasters [2]. Read the marking.
Refrigerator partsHIPSHIPS is used in appliances such as refrigerators [1]; say which parts you have.
TV and monitor casingsABS · HIPSFlame retardants have been used in TV covers of these polymers [3]: read the flame retardant section before offering them.
Covers, lids and traysRead the markingSay whether they are clear, white or coloured, and whether they are marked.
Parts of other polymersAsk firstDayatas Profab sells ABS, PS and HIPS resin; for a part in polypropylene (PP) or another polymer, ask before you offer it.

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Who can offer appliance plastic to Dayatas Profab?

Dayatas Profab is looking for appliance plastic from suppliers in Europe, America, Japan and Korea; appliance recyclers, dismantlers and crushing operations usually hold it.

Recyclers and dismantlers take scrapped washing machines, refrigerators and smaller appliances apart, for their metal or for all their materials, and are left with the plastic; crushing operations take it one step further, into flake or regrind. Appliance plastic can be offered whole, baled or crushed: say which. Crushed lots have their own checklist under crushed product.

  • Whole partsHousings, refrigerator parts, covers and trays as they come off the appliance.
  • BaledParts pressed and strapped into bales.
  • CrushedAppliance plastic already put through a crusher: flake or regrind.
A hand lifting crushed plastic flakes out of the feedCrushed · own footage
Own footage: crushed flakes lifted from the feed, the form a crushed lot comes in

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How should appliance plastic be sorted before it ships to Malaysia?

For Dayatas Profab, appliance plastic has to arrive as one polymer per lot: Malaysia admits ABS, PS and HIPS scrap only when 99.5% or more of a lot is the one polymer [4].

Plastic for recycling is sorted by polymer type and colour, ground into flakes and washed, and mixed or contaminated material gives inconsistent properties [5]. Malaysia also caps other materials, such as metal, glass and paper, at 2% of a lot and admits no e-waste [4]. So take out what the board lists before you offer a load. Say whether the lot is colour-sorted.

Plastic flakes flying off the rollers inside a sorting machineSorting
Own footage: flakes leaving the sorter's rollers

INKeep together

  • One polymer per lotrequired to ship to Malaysia
  • Marked partssay what the polymer marking reads
  • Housings, refrigerator parts, covers, traysthe large moulded parts

OUTTake out

  • Metalscrews, brackets, inserts, wiring
  • Electronicscircuit boards, cables and switches
  • Foaminsulation from refrigerator walls
  • Glassshelves, lids and panels
  • Labels and stickerswhere they peel away

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Why do flame retardants matter in appliance plastic?

Say where appliance plastic came from: some appliance plastic carries brominated flame retardants.

These additives make plastic harder to set alight, and they have been used in the same polymers Dayatas Profab sells as resin, ABS and HIPS [3]. So casings from old televisions and monitors need their history known before they are offered. This site gives no accepted flame-retardant limit: ask Dayatas Profab before offering such casings, and say what you know about the source, even if it is only the kind of appliance and its age. The glossary explains flame retardant.

BFR
  • What they are. Brominated flame retardants have been used in plastic television covers, in HIPS and in ABS [3].
  • Why it matters. One of them, decaBDE, was listed in 2017 under the Stockholm Convention on persistent organic pollutants, for elimination [6], and Malaysia admits no hazardous waste in imported plastic [4].
  • What to tell Dayatas Profab. Which appliances the plastic came from, roughly how old they were, and any test of the material's additives you hold.
White refrigerator liners and grey television back covers stacked on a concrete floor (illustration)
Illustration: refrigerator liners and television back covers

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Which rules apply to appliance plastic in each supply region?

Rules checked

Appliance plastic for Dayatas Profab carries two sets of rules: those for the appliance as waste equipment where it was scrapped, and those for its plastic once it ships to Malaysia.

Malaysia's import rules come first, because Dayatas Profab can only take what they admit; the cards set out the rest for each region. Tell Dayatas Profab your country and route: we will tell you what we know. Our licensing documents are to come and will be on quality and documents. The Basel entries and every route are on shipping rules for plastic scrap, and WEEE is in the glossary.

Europe

Wanted; EU exports banned from 21 November 2026.

  • MYMalaysia · importing country

    A SIRIM Certificate of Approval since 1 July 2025 [7]; only from Basel parties or countries with an arrangement with Malaysia; 99.5% one polymer; other materials 2% at most; no e-waste; inspected before shipment [4].

  • EUEuropean Union

    Scrapped appliances are collected and treated under the WEEE Directive [8]. From 21 November 2026, plastic waste exports to non-OECD countries such as Malaysia are banned [9][10].

  • USUnited States

    Not a Basel party [11], so a US seller would need the agreement or arrangement route with Malaysia [4], and should ask.

  • JPJapan

    The Home Appliance Recycling Law covers air conditioners, televisions, refrigerators and freezers, and washing machines and dryers [12]. Japan is a Basel party [13].

  • KRKorea

    The Act on Resource Circulation of Electrical and Electronic Equipment and Vehicles extends producer responsibility to scrapped electrical equipment [14]. Korea is a Basel party [13].

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How do you offer appliance plastic to Dayatas Profab?

To offer home appliance plastic to Dayatas Profab, send the seven things on this list through the supplier door of the enquiry form.

Dayatas Profab replies on whether the material fits its resin. The full offer sheet is on sell us your plastic scrap; if you also hold vehicle plastic, automotive plastic scrap says what is wanted there. Supplier guides are on Insights, and the supplier questions in the FAQ may answer yours first.

A handful of clean crushed plastic flakes in mixed colours, close upClose-up
Own footage: crushed flakes in a hand, close up. A photo like this of your lot shows its colour mix and how clean it is
  • The sourceWhich appliances the plastic came from.
  • The polymerOne per lot, from the markings on the parts.
  • The formWhole parts, bales or crushed.
  • The quantityPer shipment, and how often you have it.
  • Where it isThe country, the town and the port.
  • PhotosA wide shot and a close-up; say you have them.
  • Flame retardantsWhat you know about the source and its age.

SRCSources · checked

Where do the rules and polymer facts on this page come from?

  1. INEOS: styrenics (ABS, PS and HIPS uses)ineos.com
  2. Protolabs: ABS, its uses in automotive parts and appliancesprotolabs.com
  3. Wikipedia: brominated flame retardantsen.wikipedia.org
  4. SIRIM: Guidelines for Importation and Inspection of Waste Plastic (May 2025, edition 1 rev 1)sirim-qas.com.my
  5. Wikipedia: plastic recyclingen.wikipedia.org
  6. Stockholm Convention: the new POPs (decaBDE, listed 2017)pops.int
  7. SIRIM QAS: importation of waste plastic (Certificate of Approval from 1 July 2025)sirim-qas.com.my
  8. European Commission: waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE)environment.ec.europa.eu
  9. European Commission: waste shipments (the new Waste Shipments Regulation and its timeline)environment.ec.europa.eu
  10. OECD: members and partnersoecd.org
  11. US EPA: international requirements for the export and import of plastic recyclables and wasteepa.gov
  12. METI, Japan: the Home Appliance Recycling Lawmeti.go.jp
  13. Basel Convention: parties and signatoriesbasel.int
  14. IEA: Korea's Act on Resource Circulation of Electrical and Electronic Equipment and Vehiclesiea.org

Two doors into Dayatas Profab B · suppliers of scrap   A · buyers of resin

BFor suppliersSell us your scrap.Tell us:The seven things on the list above, through the supplier door.Offer material AFor mouldersBuy resin.Tell us:The resin: ABS, PS or HIPSThe part you mouldThe quantityThe destination portEnquire as a buyer