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Guides for resin buyers and scrap suppliers.

Dayatas Profab's guides, listed here, are sourced answers for injection moulders buying ABS, PS or HIPS resin and for companies with plastic scrap to sell. Those published so far answer which of ABS, PS or HIPS suits a moulded part, whether recycled ABS is good enough for monitor housings, what a recycled resin datasheet should show, how plastic scrap becomes resin pellets, and how to sell plastic scrap to a recycler overseas.

Dayatas Profab Sdn Bhd is a Malaysian company that sells ABS, PS and HIPS resin to injection moulders and is looking for suppliers of plastic scrap; its ABS is recycled pellet, made in Malaysia. For the resins themselves, see ABS, PS and HIPS resin for injection moulding; to offer material, see Sell us your plastic scrap. Every guide ends with the standards, regulators and studies it rests on, and the guide on selling scrap gives the date its rules were checked.

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Plastic flakes fall from a crusher chute into a white bulk bag
Own footage: flakes fall into a bulk bag under the crusher chute

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Topic 01Choosing a resin

Choosing a resin: which of ABS, PS or HIPS suits the part?

For an injection-moulded part, PS (general-purpose polystyrene) suits clear, rigid parts kept away from knocks, HIPS (high-impact polystyrene, toughened with rubber) suits parts that take everyday knocks, and ABS suits strong housings and covers, such as monitor housings and motorbike covers. Dayatas Profab sells all three resins to injection moulders; its ABS is recycled pellet, made in Malaysia.

2 guides published · 1 coming next

What moulders make with ABS, PS and HIPS

Sources: Wikipedia: Polystyrene; Wikipedia: Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene; and each guide's own list.

Topic 02Before you buy

Before you buy: what should a recycled resin datasheet show?

A recycled resin datasheet should give every value with its test standard and test conditions, state how much of the resin is recycled and where the scrap came from, and list the checks that catch contamination, such as ash. Its values are typical, so pair it with agreed limits and a test report for each lot. Quality and documents sets out where Dayatas Profab's own datasheets, test reports and certification for ABS, PS and HIPS stand.

1 guide published · 2 coming next

Quality and documents: specs, test reports and certification

Sources: ISO 1133-1:2022, melt flow rate; and each guide's own list.

Topic 03From scrap to pellet

From scrap to pellet: how is plastic scrap made into resin?

Plastic scrap is made into resin pellets by mechanical recycling: it is sorted by polymer, ground into flakes, washed, separated and dried, then melted in an extruder that filters the melt before it is cut into pellets. For ABS, PS and HIPS, each step shapes what ends up in the pellet. Dayatas Profab's own footage shows a washing line, a sorting machine, molten strands leaving an extruder into cooling water and pellets on a sieve.

1 guide published

How our resin is made: from scrap to pellet

Sources: TWI: What is mechanical recycling?; Plastics Recyclers Europe: How does recycling work? WEEE plastics; and each guide's own list.

Topic 04Selling your scrap

Selling your scrap: how does plastic scrap reach a recycler overseas?

Plastic scrap reaches a recycler overseas in sorted, single-polymer lots, each described in writing, and only once the seller's country lets it leave, the buyer's country admits it and the buyer is licensed to import it. Dayatas Profab, which sells ABS, PS and HIPS resin, is looking for suppliers of plastic scrap, home appliance and automotive plastic in Europe, America, Japan and Korea. From 21 November 2026, EU rules ban plastic waste exports to non-OECD countries such as Malaysia.

1 guide published · 2 coming next

Sell us your plastic scrap

Rules checked 25 October 2026Sources: European Commission: plastic waste shipments; OECD: members and partners; Basel Convention: plastic waste amendments; and each guide's own list.

SC.03The guides

Which guides has Dayatas Profab published so far?

Dayatas Profab has published five guides so far, each answering one question a resin buyer or a scrap supplier asks, with its topic, its reading time and the date it was published. Each one ends with the sources it rests on.

SC.04Coming next

Which guides are coming next?

Dayatas Profab plans five more guides, listed here by title and topic. None is linked until it is published; each then joins the list above, with its date.

A paddle drum turns plastic flakes through the wash water
Own footage: a paddle drum turns flakes through the wash water
  1. 01Buying recycled resin from a Malaysian supplier: what should you ask?Before you buy
  2. 02Which plastics in a scrapped TV, monitor or appliance are ABS, HIPS or PS?Selling your scrap
  3. 03Which automotive plastic parts can be recycled into resin?Selling your scrap
  4. 04What test reports do buyers in Europe and the US ask for with recycled resin?Before you buy
  5. 05Can recycled ABS be used for motorbike covers and other vehicle parts?Choosing a resin

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

AFor mouldersBuy resin.Tell us:The resin: ABS, PS or HIPSThe part you mouldThe quantityThe destination portEnquire as a buyer BFor suppliersSell us your scrap.Tell us:Where the scrap comes fromThe polymer, if you know itIts form: parts, bales, crushed or flakeThe quantityWhere it isOffer material