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Chemical-Physical Characterization of Bio-Based Biodegradable Plastics in View of Identifying Suitable Recycling/Recovery Strategies and Numerical Modeling of PLA Pyrolysis
Several bio-based and biodegradable polymers have been lately introduced on the market as potential substitutes for conventional plastics in order to...
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Synthetic Plastics and the Environment: Can Agro-waste Be Used as a Viable Packaging Material?
Over the last 60 years, global plastic output has expanded at an exponential rate. Plastic entered the oceans in an estimated 12.7 million tons, with...
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Influence of Nozzle Temperature on Gas Emissions and Mechanical Properties in Material Extrusion-based Additive Manufacturing of Super Engineering Plastics
Gas emissions pose significant environmental and health concerns in thermal processes involving thermoplastic polymers. This issue also extends to...
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Characterization of Heat Affected Zone Generation in Laser Processing of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics
In this study, we conducted an analysis and evaluation of the heat affected zone (HAZ), which serves as a measure of surface processing quality in...
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Circular Economy Models in the Construction Sector: A Plastics Recycling Use Case
There is global desire to reduce virgin plastic use and enhance the collection and exploitation of plastics waste. Hence, governments are setting...
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Digitization in the Plastics Processing
Data on production and the surrounding fields of the value chain are gaining immense importance in plastic processing. On the one hand, information...
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Reuse of Waste Plastics in Develo** Countries: Properties of Waste Plastic-Sand Composites
Waste plastics are a major problem in develo** countries, where efficient collection and recycling systems often do not exist. Plastic bonded sand...
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Elucidation of Fatigue Fracture Mechanism on Glass-Fiber-Reinforced-Plastics
In this study, it was elucidated that the fatigue failure mechanism of glass-fiber reinforced plastics (GFRP) with different fiber orientations, and...
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State of the Art of Embedded Strain Sensors for Fiber Reinforced Plastics
What strain sensing technologies have been developed in the past and can be embedded into a structure? What is the impact of the integrated sensor on...
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Engine Performance and Emission Characteristics of Diesel Produced from Pyrolysis of Mixed Waste Plastics
Globally accumulated waste plastics have become an alarming environmental hazard for rapid increase in production and lack of recycling...
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Upgrading Recycled Aggregates in Concrete by Using Waste Plastics
The current study investigates the potential upgradation of recycled coarse aggregates using plastics to be used in concrete. The study investigates...
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Design Methodologies for Sustainable Products from Mixed Waste Plastics and Foundry Sands
This design research proposes, through cooperation between the private sector (industry) and the public sector (university), new furniture and...
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In Situ and Ex Situ Catalytic Co-pyrolysis of Lignocellulosic Biomass and Plastics (Low-Density and High-Density Polyethylene) Using Spent FCC Catalyst
Catalytic co-pyrolysis of biomass and plastics (low-density and high-density polyethylene) was conducted utilizing spent fluid‐catalytic‐cracking...
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Development of an onboard waste-to-energy process for disposing marine plastics debris
This study aims to design the onboard waste-to-energy process to dispose waste plastic debris floating in the ocean. Collected marine debris...
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Development of Sink-Float Density Separation Process of Mixed Automotive Plastics for Mechanical Recycling
In this chapter, a method for the separation of mixed polymeric waste from the automotive industry for the efficient recovery of raw materials for...
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Application of MOORA Method for Parametric Optimization of Manufacturing Process of Floor Tiles Using Waste Plastics
Recycling of waste plastics as a binding material for the development of building materials is considered as one of the viable approaches to overcome...
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Integrated density concentration and surface treatment for selective separation of plastics from a mixture
Froth flotation and elutriation were found to be effective in separating individual plastics from a plastic mixture by exploiting differential...
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Potential Analysis for the Use of Bio-Based Plastics with Natural Fiber Reinforcement in Additive Manufacturing
Plastics are used today in many areas of the automotive, aerospace and mechanical engineering industries due to their lightweight potential and ease...
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Circular Economy of Plastics: Wishful Thinking or A Way Forward?
Plastic recycling, as it is today, is a losing battle against chaos and dysfunction of our modern-day consumption-driven lifestyle. In this paper, we...
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Influence of Nano-particles on the Properties of Recycled Plastics
The disposal of plastic wares has been one of the most difficult challenges in the past few decades. High volume of used plastics have found their...