The present invention relates to a process for treating a polymeric material (PM) comprising a
polyamide (PA66) based
polymer and at least one filler (F1), the process comprising providing a polymeric material (PM) comprising a
polyamide (PA66) based
polymer and at least one filler (F1) and a
solvent composition (SC) comprising water and optionally a polar
solvent; preparing a mixture (M-0) from the polymeric material (PM) and the
solvent composition (SC); subjecting mixture (M-0) to
depolymerization conditions (D1) comprising a
depolymerization temperature T(D1) in the range of from 150 to 300°C and a
depolymerization time t(D1) of at least 5 minutes, preferably in the range of from 5 to 120 minutes, in particular in the range of from 5 to 30 minutes, in the presence of a base, wherein the factor F(D1)=T(D1) x t(D 1 ) is in the range of from 40 to 2200 K*h, obtaining a mixture (M-1) comprising the
solvent composition (SC), soluble monomers and / or oligomers of the
polyamide (PA66) based
polymer, filler (F1), insoluble monomers and insoluble residues; separating the filler (F1), insoluble monomers and insoluble residues from mixture (M-1) obtaining mixture (M-2) comprising the filler (F1), insoluble monomers and insoluble residues, and mixture (M-3) comprising the
solvent composition (SC), and soluble monomers and / or oligomers of the polyamide (PA66) based polymer; and optionally separating the filler (F1) from further components of mixture (M-2).