Patent ID: 7216592

Claim:
A method for producing a flame retardant-containing plastic shipping or storage container or one or more shaped parts thereof comprising the steps: a) admixing a composition comprising (1) one or more thermosetting resins and one or more curing agents therefore, (2) a fully pre-polymerized uncrosslinked hydrocarbon polyolefin resin, and optionally a fully pre-polymerized uncrosslinked functionalized polyolefin, and b) exposing said composition to curing conditions after forming the composition into a shipping or storage container or one or more shaped parts thereof, said shaped parts subsequently being secured together to form said shipping or storage container, wherein said polymeric composition comprises 1 to 49 parts by weight of said curable thermosetting resin, the parts by weight being based on the total composition, and 51 to 99 parts by weight of a combination of at least one of said fully prepolymerized uncrosslinked hydrocarbon polyolefin resin and said fully prepolymerized uncrosslinked functionalized polyolefin resin, the parts by weight being based on the total composition, wherein said hydrocarbon polyolefin is present in the range of 25 to 99 parts by weight of the total composition and said functionalized polyolefin is present in the range of 0 to 50 parts by weight of the total composition, and wherein said plastic container composition contains a flame retardant, said flame retardant being selected from the group consisting of non-halogenated flame retardants.