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Recycling of bioplastics, their blends and biocomposites: A review
Azadeh Soroudi,Ignacy Jakubowicz +1 more
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In this paper, the authors present scientific findings concerning the recycling of bioplastics, their blends and thermoplastic biocomposites, with special focus on mechanical recycling of bio-based materials.About:
This article is published in European Polymer Journal.The article was published on 2013-10-01. It has received 324 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Plastic recycling & Bioplastic.read more
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Strategies to reduce the global carbon footprint of plastics
Jiajia Zheng,Sangwon Suh +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors compile a dataset covering ten conventional and five bio-based plastics and their life-cycle GHG emissions under various mitigation strategies and demonstrate the need for integrating energy, materials, recycling, and demand management strategies to curb growing life cycle emissions from plastics.
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Environmental performance of bio-based and biodegradable plastics: the road ahead
TL;DR: There is a need to assess the performance of polymer innovations in terms of their biodegradability especially under realistic waste management and environmental conditions, to avoid the unwanted release of plastic degradation products in receiving environments.
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Microbial enzymes for the recycling of recalcitrant petroleum-based plastics: how far are we?
Ren Wei,Wolfgang Zimmermann +1 more
TL;DR: This review is focused on microbial biocatalysts involved in the degradation of the synthetic plastics polyethylene, polystyrene, polyurethane andpolyethylene terephthalate (PET).
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Polylactic acid blends: The future of green, light and tough
TL;DR: In this article, the preparation and properties of polylactic acid (PLA) polymer blends have been summarized and compared to those of traditional petrochemical-based polymers, such as polypropylene, polyamide, and polyamide.
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Recycling of waste from polymer materials: An overview of the recent works
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors reviewed the recent progress on recycling polymeric waste form some traditional polymers and their systems (blends and composites) such as polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), and polystyrene (PS), and introduced the mechanical and chemical recycling concepts.
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Hygrothermal ageing of reprocessed polylactide
TL;DR: The influence of an accelerated hygrothermal ageing simulation test on a commercial PLA and its three subsequent mechanically-reprocessed materials was studied in this article, where the analysis was focused on the water diffusion kinetics and the physico-chemical changes induced by the hy-thermal degradation.
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Polylactides ‐ degradable polymers for fibres and films
TL;DR: In this paper, a modification of a poly(L-lactide) base resin, by treatment with peroxides and compounding with plasticisers, yield resins which can be processed by conventional techniques and equipment to thin blown films, fibres and nonwoven fabrics having properties comparable to those of corresponding PP and PE samples.
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Control of racemization for feedstock recycling of PLLA
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors showed that at temperatures above 250 °C, L,L-lactide formation was predominant for PLLA containing calcium oxide, and they demonstrated the possibility of recycling PLLa feedstock to optically pure lactide.
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Biopolymers in the Existing Postconsumer Plastics Recycling Stream
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors show that some biopolymers may have little effect on recycled HDPE performance, but will represent a yields loss and added economic burden at some level of occurrence.
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Influence of the wood fibre filler on the internal recycling of poly(vinyl chloride)-based composites
TL;DR: In this paper, the recycling of internal waste of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and wood fibre-reinforced PVC composite was investigated and compared Twenty extrusion-milling cycles were performed and the mechanical and thermal properties evaluated This comparison provided evidence of the influence of the vegetable fibres on the thermo-mechanical degradation of the composite material.