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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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Recycling Ability of Biodegradable Matrices and Their Cellulose-Reinforced Composites in a Plastic Recycling Stream
TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of reprocessing on composites reinforced with chemithermomechanical pulp (CTMP) followed the tendencies observed for the neat matrices.
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Studies on recyclability of polyhydroxybutyrate‐co‐valerate bioplastic: Multiple melt processing and performance evaluations
TL;DR: In this paper, a batch of polyhydroxybutyrate-co-valerate (PHBV) was processed with a twin screw extrusion followed by injection molding, and the results showed that the mechanical properties are maintained for four cycles; but in the fifth cycle, there was a slight decrease in the properties.
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Functionalized polycarbonate derived from tartaric acid: enzymatic ring-opening polymerization of a seven-membered cyclic carbonate.
TL;DR: The availability of the pendant hydroxyl group is expected to enhance the biodegradability of the polymer and serves in a variety of potential biomedical applications such as polymeric drug delivery systems.
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A statistical design of experiments for optimizing the MALDI-TOF-MS sample preparation of polymers. An application in the assessment of the thermo-mechanical degradation mechanisms of poly (ethylene terephthalate)
TL;DR: The application of MALDI-TOF-MS showed that thermo-mechanical degradation primarily affected initially predominant cyclic species, and several degradation mechanisms were proposed, remarking intramolecular transesterification and hydrolysis.
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Ageing studies of pineapple leaf fiber–reinforced polyester composites
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluated the water absorption characteristics of pineapple leaf fiber (PALF) polyester composites of different fiber content and found that the degree of water absorption was found to increase with fiber loading.