Patent ID: 8227556

Claim:
A thermoplastic composition, comprising: 35 to 80 weight percent, based on the total weight of the thermoplastic composition, of a recovered poly(arylene ether); greater than 0 and less than or equal to 0.1 weight percent based on the total weight of the thermoplastic composition of a second recovered thermoplastic that gives off greater than or equal to 10 percent by mass of volatiles at a processing temperature for the thermoplastic composition; a third recovered thermoplastic selected from the group consisting of polyolefin, acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene, polycarbonate, polycarbonate/acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene blend, polymethyl methacrylate, polyester, a polycarbonate/polyester blend and combinations thereof, wherein each of the individual foregoing third recovered thermoplastics is present in an amount of 0.025 to 4.0 weight percent, based on the total weight of the thermoplastic composition, and wherein combinations of two or more of the individual foregoing third recovered thermoplastics are present in an amount less than or equal to 10 weight percent, based on the total weight of the thermoplastic composition wherein the recovered materials are recovered from end of useful life parts, manufacturing scrap and combinations thereof.