Economía Circular
Economía Circular
Compositional Analysis and Mechanical Recycling of Polymer Fractions Recovered via the Industrial Sorting of Post-Consumer Plastic Waste: A Case Study toward the Implementation of Artificial Intelligence Databases
15/10/2024 -
Nowadays, society is oriented toward reducing the production of plastics, which have a significant impact on the environment. In this context, the recycling of existing plastic objects is currently a...
Mechanical Recycling of PET Multi-Layer Post-Consumer Packaging: Effects of Impurity Content
08/10/2024 -
The recycling of PET trays is highly challenging. The aim of this paper was to investigate the issues related to the mechanical recycling process and, the correlation between feedstock composition...
Decentralized approach for incorporating waste wind turbine blades into 3D printing filaments using mechanical recycling
09/10/2024 -
Steps in recycling waste wind turbine blades into 3D printing filaments.The increasing awareness in environmental safety has led to rapid development in production of electricity using wind energy...
Recent Trends of Recycling and Upcycling of Polymers and Composites: A Comprehensive Review
06/05/2024 -
This review article gathers the most recent recycling technologies for thermoset and thermoplastic polymers. Results about existing experimental procedures and their effectiveness are presented. For...
Recent Developments in Technology for Sorting Plastic for Recycling: The Emergence of Artificial Intelligence and the Rise of the Robots
15/07/2024 -
Plastics recycling is an important component of the circular economy. In mechanical recycling, the recovery of high-quality plastics for subsequent reprocessing requires plastic waste to be first...
Gate-to-grave assessment of plastic from recycling to manufacturing of TENG: a comparison between India and Singapore
15/06/2024 -
This study assesses the viability of recycled plastic-based triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) for sustainable energy harvesting in India and Singapore, concurrently examining plastic waste...
Efficient Dynamic Crosslinking for Compatibilizing Immiscible Mixed Plastics through in situ Generated Singlet Nitrenes
07/06/2024 -
Creating a sustainable economy for plastics demands the exploration of new strategies for efficient management of mixed plastic waste. The inherent incompatibility of different plastics poses a major...
Recycling of Thermoplastic Glass Fiber?Reinforced Composites Using High?Voltage Fragmentation
06/06/2024 -
Separation of a polymer profile made of glass fiber?reinforced thermoplastic sheathing material and a polyethylene terephthalate foam core was studied for recycling, comparing comminution by a...
Approaches to Recycling of Engine Air Filters
29/04/2024 -
The recycling of air engine filters is another step towards the closed?loop concept for automobiles. First approaches for the mechanical recycling of engine air filters are described. The feasibility...
Evaluation of Thermoplastic Starch Contamination in the Mechanical Recycling of High-Density Polyethylene
26/04/2024 -
This research highlights the importance of addressing bioplastic contamination in recycling processes to ensure the quality of recycled material and move towards a more sustainable circular economy....
Effect of Carbon Nanofiber Distribution on Mechanical Properties of Injection-Molded Aramid-Fiber-Reinforced Polypropylene
16/04/2024 -
The mechanical recycling of discarded plastic products as resources for environmental preservation has recently gained research attention. In this context, it is necessary to use waste materials for...
Recycling Polyethylene/Polyamide Multilayer Films with Poly(isoprene-g-Maleic Anhydride) Compatibilizer
12/04/2024 -
Polymers generally form incompatible mixtures that make the process of recycling difficult, especially the mechanical recycling of mixed plastic waste. One of the most commonly used films in the...
Analysis of Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Polymer Materials Derived from Recycled Overprinted Metallized PP Films
10/04/2024 -
Polymer materials and their composites are one of the most frequently used materials in the packaging and food industries. This applies to both disposable and reusable packaging, layered films with...
Advance Analysis of the Obtained Recycled Materials from Used Disposable Surgical Masks
29/03/2024 -
The production of personal protective equipment (PPE) has increased dramatically in recent years, not only because of the pandemic, but also because of stricter legislation in the field of Employee...
An Overview of the Non-Energetic Valorization Possibilities of Plastic Waste via Thermochemical Processes
22/03/2024 -
The recovery and recycling/upcycling of plastics and polymer-based materials is needed in order to reduce plastic waste accumulated over decades. Mechanical recycling processes have made a great...
Temperature dependence of kinetic friction: A handle for plastics sortation?
26/02/2024 -
Thermoplastics display significant enhancements in their coefficient of friction as a function of temperature based on their melting points or glass transition temperatures. This property can...
Technological Advances in Mechanical Recycling Innovations and Corresponding Impacts on the Circular Economy of Plastics
21/02/2024 -
The impact of plastic pollution on the world and its inhabitants is yet to be fully measured. Significant quantities of microplastics and nanoplastics have been found in human organs, and many...
Life Cycle Assessment in Higher Education: Design and Implementation of a Teaching Sequence Activity
15/02/2024 -
The latest studies show that to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals on education, there must be a focus on adequately training higher education students. In this work, we present a study about...
Mechanical Recycling of Post-Industrial PC/ABS Blends from the Automotive Sector by Mixture Design
07/02/2024 -
The widespread use of plastic materials poses significant environmental challenges, which have promoted a growing call for a circular approach to such materials, emphasizing waste reintegration into...
Mechanical recycling and electro?thermal welding of epoxy vitrimer nanocomposites
03/02/2024 -
Use of disuflide bond exchanges for vitrimer recycling and welding.Vitrimers constitute a new class of recyclable thermosets based on the incorporation of associative dynamic covalent bonds, such as...
Recycling, Material Flow, and Recycled Content Demands of Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Bottles towards a Circular Economy in Korea
25/01/2024 -
The recycling and proper management of PET bottles is needed to avoid plastic pollution, as well as to achieve a plastic circular economy. In this study, we examined the recycling system of PET...
