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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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Polymer blends containing poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate)s
TL;DR: A review of the literature concerning PHA-containing blends has been summarized in this paper, where the thermal and crystallization behavior of the blends, their mechanical properties, morphology and biodegradability have been reviewed.
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Degradation of polypropylene (PP) during multiple extrusions: Thermal analysis, mechanical properties and analysis of variance
TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of repetitive extrusion cycles at different die temperatures in a single screw extruder were investigated by thermal analysis (degree of crystallinity (χc), heat of fusion (ΔHm), melting temperature (Tm) and the onset melting temperature(Tonset,m)) and mechanical properties (tensile and impact strength).
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Thermal degradation of poly(L-lactide): effect of alkali earth metal oxides for selective L, L-lactide formation
Yujiang Fan,Yujiang Fan,Haruo Nishida,Tomokazu Mori,Tomokazu Mori,Yoshihito Shirai,Takeshi Endo,Takeshi Endo +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of metal oxides on the thermal degradation of PLLA was investigated from the viewpoint of selective l, l -lactide formation, and a degradation mechanism was discussed based on the results of kinetic analysis.
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A new strategy for recycling and preparation of poly(L-lactic acid): hydrolysis in the melt.
TL;DR: This study reveals that hydrolysis of PLLA in the melt is an effective and simple method to obtain l-lactic acid and to prepare P LLA having different molecular weights without containing the specific low-molecular-weight chains, because of the removal of the effect caused by crystalline residues.
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Rheological properties of polypropylene during multiple extrusion
TL;DR: In this article, the degradation of polypropylene (PP) during multiple extrusion at different temperatures was studied by following changes in rheological properties such as complex viscosity and elasticity of the molten polymer.